Chapter 1



Rowen looked at the teacher during first period listening to the boring announcements. After packing his list of supplies for that semester he snapped his head up and looked at the teacher. He listened to what she was saying, now that the announcements were over it was down to business

"We have a new student at our school, her name is Retka, Retka why don't you tell us about yourself, and where you came from."

"Well I moved here from America, um, well I enjoy martial arts, sports and um well I like drama and art and just about everything."

"Thank you Retka, why don't you take a seat next to Rowen and he can show you around school, and to the rest of your classes if I'm correct you'll have most of them together."

"Thanks, Mrs. Alred." she said and sat next to Rowen. After she sat down, pulled her hair back in a french braid, she talked to him.

"So, you're Rowen right, and you already know my name. So what class do you have next?"

"Well I have computers you?"

She finally looked at him, as she responded " same here"

Rowen looked into her eyes and was startled, they were a pale ice blue like that girl who he had met not even two weeks ago.

" Did I do something, you look like you have something on your mind." before he could answer the bell rang and Rowen walked out to find Ryo, Kento, Sage and Cye, maybe even his soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend.

"Yo, Rowen wait up, you're supposed to show me around, remember?"

"Oh, must have slipped my mind." he replied then regretted it, she hadn't done anything to deserve that remark. "Sorry I'm trying to find my girlfriend, and my friends."

"Oh"

"There you are Ro, I wondered where you were." Sage said.

"Hey Sage, where's the rest of the guys?"

"They'll be here as soon as they find their way here and out of detention."

"What did they do now?"

"Nothing, they got Ms. Bryan first."

"Oh, hey have you seen Michelle?"

"Yeah, down the hall to your right. Before you go, who's the new gal?"

"Oh, Retka, Sage, Sage, Retka."

"Hey, you're a friend of Rowen's?"

"Yeah, so where did you move here from?"

"America" Rowen left to find Michelle and to let Sage work his magic with Retka, they had next class together anyway to he could take her there.

"Hey, Michelle, I wanted to talk about our relationship."

"Yeah what about it." she looked up at him and her eyes started to tear. "We're breaking up aren't we?"

"Well yes."

"Who are you dumping me for?"

"No one I just don't think we should go out anymore and I need my space, sorry." he said and turned to find Sage and the rest of the gang and see how far Sage got with Retka, he some how found him self hoping not very far.

"So Sage, having-" Rowen stopped sentence before Sage could see him. Ryo, Cye, and Kento were just watching Sage and Retka with pure interest, she had turned Sage down and was telling him that she wanted to get to know people around the school, and town, before she went out with anyone.

"So Sage was actually turned down, Sage how do you feel?"

"Bug off Kento, I don't want to talk about it."

" alright buzzzzz, buzzzzz, buzz"

"I didn't mean it that way." Sage said while he looked at Rowen and Retka.

"So where do you live?" Rowen asked

"I'm moving in with my sister tomorrow , but right now I'm living in an apartment I'm renting"

"But you're too young to do that, aren't you, wait, no you're not, are you? So I'll talk to you a lunch"

"Oh, well I'll talk to you later, the bell just rang to go to class and I want a good impression with her so I'll talk to you later." Retka said before walking off to her next class with Sage, Rowen watched with jealousy quickly and quietly running through him.

"So, Rowen's jealous of Sage amazing, what did he... oh you like that new don't you, but what happened to that one warrior chick, Cosmos?" Ryo asked.

"Don't tell anyone Ryo, but yeah I'll admit I'm attracted to her, I don't know what it is but for some reason I am."

"Don't worry I won't tell a soul, well the only one who'd I ever tell would be White Blaze so don't worry."

"Thanks, I gotta get to class talk to you at lunch



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"Michelle, wait up, I just got here, stop your car, please!" Retka yelled, while running to catch up with Michelle's car but gave up. "I guess she was telling the truth, I did have to be here right after school and not a moment later, she meant it, oh well I could use a good walk, I haven't done anything related to exercise for at least a month and if I get out of shape Naomi will whip my butt." Retka said between gasps.

"Yo, Ret need a lift to Minera's? I'll take you there if you don't join with the only side that matters, who knows you might get on the bosses good side." a voice yelled.

"Why you killed our sister Naomi I could never forgive you, I'm the only good daughter of Harfit's five daughters, and how many of us haven't satisfied her?" Retka replied and started to walk off, away from Naomi.

"I'll make sure you join our side you'll see, I'm stronger willed than that stingy wanna be, you'll see I'm right."

" I'll join you if wind-walker remembers who she is before sunset yesterday, sorry I'll never go back to your side." Retka dropped her things and started to sprint to her apartment.



"Come on you guys we need to clean this house it's a huge mess!!" Mia yelled at the five ronins.

"We're supposed to save the world not clean house, that's bad for our dignity." Kento said, "besides I'm starving"

"Think of your stomach later Kento, we have to finish this first, besides if you think about it, this is the least you all can do since I let you all live here with out having to pay rent."

"Not true, the only reason you let us stay here is because you like Ryo, and he asked you to let us stay Mia and you know it." Rowen said. Watching Mia turn a nice bright pink.

"So Mia why exactly are you cleaning the house so much, do you have some important guest you need to impress?" Ryo snickered, remembering how things went when Sage's parents stayed a couple of weeks last year and how things turned into a complete mess, so bad that he almost had to leave.



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"So Mia when will your guest come here? I've been waiting here for the last ½ an hour today and I want to go to the library sometime today and I'm running out of time."

"I didn't tell you what time she'd be here I honestly don't know when she'll be here honestly."

"Oh, shoot I told a friend I'd help her move into her relatives house, I've gotta go, if your guest comes I meet her later." Rowen said over his shoulder and left.

Knock, knock "hello who's here?"

"It's your sister, Retka, can I come in?"

"Yes." Mia opened the door and let Retka in and she introduced her to the only people in the house, Yuli and Ryo.

"Hey Ryo, hi little guy."

"Retka I didn't know that you were Mia's sister, why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't see a just reason to. If you don't mind I need to talk to Mia about some things and they're kind of important.''

"But I want to talk to you I just met you please, pretty please!?"

"Yuli, why don't we let the sisters talk and we'll go play with White Blaze, alright?"

"Fine but I want to ride that other tiger not White Blaze. Please?" Yuli asked eying the white tiger standing next to White Blaze.

"That's not my tiger Yuli-"

"It's mine if White Arrow is fine with you riding her than it's fine with me." Retka said looking past Yuli to the snow covered ground outside.

"She's yours, but how did you get her?"

"That's none of your business now is it Ryo?" Retka reprimanded.

After saying that Retka slowly led Mia into an empty room.

"Mia do you remember anything about your past? Please tell me that you do, do you?"

"I only remember that I had six sisters and one brother, all whom were some sort of Warriors, and each of us had a different power, one was an Oracle like person, another controlled the seasons, a Time controller, a life giver, um, a, um, I think there was one who, oh wait there was one who shape shifted, one who could travel through time, one who controlled the weather and one who controlled the elements."

Retka looked at Mia with surprise and sorrow in her eyes