Misguided Bodies

Chapter 5

By

Midnight siren

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Mia had gotten home ten minutes earlier then the guys. All she did though was sit on the sofa and wait. Her heart was racing, she couldn't believe Ryo's behavior. What really angered her was the rank smell of his breath. ~ You had the nerve to go and take me away from dancing to come home with a bunch of drunk guys? Great just great! ~ Mia still didn't believe she had left them to get home on their own, but she did it. Her head shot up as the door slammed open, two drunk Ronins and three tipsy ones walked in.

Ryo still looked upset, and pretty damn scary. His hair was a mess, his shirt wrinkled and two buttons had come undone. The once caring and loving tiger blue eyes were now blood shot and glazed over in anger and from being intoxicated. ~ take a deep breath and be prepared, he's a hot one tonight ~

"Mia…" Ryo's tone almost seemed like a warning, "I don't know what Johovan has on you, but you're not dancing any more." ~ What he has on me? What? ~

"Ryo! What makes you think he has anything on me?" Mia nearly screamed, she had been hot headed lately…thanks to the guy's influence.

"What on earth would make you go up there, dance like that and totally dishonor us and your name!" He clenched his fists tightly, ready to strike anything near him. Rowen was near by the sofa, Sage was behind Mia. His arms were hard to restrain, he just wanted to hold Mia. She was shaking so badly, it hurt him to see her that upset.

"There is NOTHING wrong with that!" Mia screamed, her voice echoing in the high ceiling room. Kento groaned and Cye just giggled.

"Mia not so loud," Kento shut up instantly and so did Cye at Mia's hard and cold stare. Her gaze shifted back to Ryo, seething she took a step towards him. Her hands itching to wrap around his tan little neck. The tan cheating little neck she had wanted to badly to strangle before.

"You have no right Ryo Sanda! I do not dishonor my name or my friends! I do what I do for pure fun! I dance, that's it" she hissed 'that's' and took another step towards him, "I dance on my own free will and I also have friends there! They are decent human beings who have a life to live and some have families to support! I wouldn't expect you of all people to understand!" Sage had placed his hands on her shaking shoulders, in an attempt to stop her advance on Ryo. Shrugging it off she took another step towards him, backing Ryo against the wall now. "You and the others go out, party all night get drunk and expect me to clean up after you! You don't get any work done, you don't have a job and you sit around all day and expect me to support you all! I did for a while, no complaints but things have gotten out of hand around here! I manage to dance and hold a part time job, and support 5 other people! You never once complain but now that I'm out having fun like you guys there's something wrong with that….the only thing wrong about this situation is you! You want to keep me home like a little house pet who will take care of you and have no life, I won't stand for it! NO I WON'T!" she twisted on one heel and stormed out.

Ryo just starred at the door as it slammed shut behind the fiery red head. Her attitude had changed in a split second, from the caring Mia to the….outraged Mia? He finally tore his gaze away and met Sage's cold stare. Ryo held up his hands as Sage went to say something.

"Don't even go there Sage," Ryo turned and walked towards the stairs. It defiantly was bed time for him. He would have a migraine in the morning and an angry Mia to deal with.

Stumbling upstairs he noticed his door a bit ajar, shadows lurking by the door. Blinking he tried to focus straight, having a hard time as the last 3 shots he had taken before he left started to kick in. Walking towards the door he stopped, taking a shaky breath he swung the door open and flicked the light on. Nothing. ~ Your mind is playing tricks on you Ryo….hang in there man…a few more steps and it's your … ~ he was out before he could even finish that last thought.

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Mia sat half way up the hundreds of steps that lead up to the Twilight Temple. Her head rested in her hands, her body shaking from cold and the tears she was holding back. For so long, so long she had fought to keep it together. Fought to show Ryo he didn't get to her, to show him she had no feelings other then as a friend towards him. But one night had changed it all, in a flash of rage she had blown her cool. None of the other guys would have been able to get to her like that…of course none of the other guys would have done what Ryo did either.

"Why do you always do this to me Ryo?" she sighed, nearly flinging herself back on the stairs. She arched her back as she felt the edge of the step in the middle of her back. The crystal tears finally trickled down her cheeks, making cold wet trails down them as they went, her arms were flung out to the side, her legs bent and twisted to the side. Taking a deep and shaky breath she wished with all her might that if she closed her eyes and opened them again, that it would all have been a dream. Resting her greens shut for a few seconds she opened then again. She still starred up at the same starry sky she was looking at a few seconds ago.

"Mia?" she bolted up, cursing one of the guys for following her. Looking down a few flights of stairs she was surprised to find Johovan walking slowly and steadily up them. "There you are. I saw your car down there….thought something had happened to you." Mia gave him a faint smile, running her hands across her cheeks. ~ Don't let him see you crying. ~

"Yeah….my…uh…thinking spot," Mia finally stuttered out. Johovan reached her and sat beside her, only a few inches away.

"Mia dear…what's wrong?" placing his hand on her cheek, he turned her to face him.. Tilting her head up slightly the moonlight reflected off her unshed tears in her eyes. Frowning he shook his head, "It was those boys wasn't it?" Mia gently yanked away, almost angry.

"They aren't boys Johovan…" Mia said defensively. No matter how mad she was at Ryo, she wouldn't stand by and let someone disrespect them. "And no, it wasn't them…they are my friends, dear friends to me." Standing she turned to look at him. Finally it clicked…she knew what she always felt attracted to him. His tan complexion and dark hair reminded her of Ryo. His attitude was almost sweeter then Ryo's used to be…until…shaking her head Mia pushed all thought away and turned to leave.

"Mia, don't leave," he reached out for her hand and she allowed him to take it. Looking down at him she frowned. ~ I may be mad at Ryo…but I can't do this to the others…. ~

"I have to go…my friends….they'll worry," Mia said knowing somehow she was lying to him. He nodded and dropped her hand, allowing her to descend the stairs in peace. Pushing her braids back over her shoulders she scolded herself.

~ He's only being nice Mia….and you know…the others aren't your parents… ~ she had no doubt in her mind she had already convinced herself of that. But something else was stopping her from staying with him right then. Looking down at the moonlit stairs she sighed. "You're afraid of him Mia…afraid of so many things," she whispered to herself as she ended another flight of stairs. Looking up at the gorgeous sakura trees she gave a sad smile. "I will face my fear some day….just not tonight." She finally reached her last flight of stairs and turned around, smiled and waved to Johovan….who was barely visible due to distance and how dark out it was.

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Johovan watched her walk away, leaving him there to think. She was gorgeous and everything that would ruin him. He was on a mission, and she was getting in the way…and he was allowing it to happen. Never did he feel this way before, never did he want to allow someone into his life. ~ But Mia….she's so different…so outgoing and yet so shy. She's delicate and fragile but if you hold her to gently she'll slip away, but you'll hurt her if you hold to tight too. ~

He watched as she stopped when she reached the 6th flight of stairs, the first if you are going up. She turned around, giving a friendly goodbye wave. Flicking his hand in what seemed to be a half hearted wave he meant it more then she knew it. After a few seconds she turned back around, jogging down the last 20 stairs and over to her jeep and drove away. Looking up at the sky he sighed a depressing sigh.

"Why do I let her get to me?" he gritted his teeth at the way Eveon said that dark haired boy had dragged her out of the club. "He must be removed from my way…he doesn't care for Mia like I do…no…he is an obstacle that will be soon diminished."

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Kento was up around 5 in the morning, something very unnatural for him. But he felt something was out of place in the house. He poked at Cye's bed, heard a grunt and a snore and knew he was there. Grabbing his cotton orange robe he stumbled out of his room and into the next room. Creeping up to Sage's bed he reeled back in horror.

~ WOW Sage! You look scary when you're sleeping. ~ he tip toed over to Rowen's bed and noticed the leg and arm poking out from under the dark blue and stared sheets and nodded in satisfaction. ~ 3 out of 5, not bad so far ~ he left the warrior of light and sky to sleep and gulped. He never like checking in on Ryo, because he was such a light sleeper and nearly attacked him every time he was in there. He looked into their fearless leader's room and found him sleeping curled up in a ball. Kento glanced at the empty rug on the floor where White Blaze used to sleep. He had been staying with Yulie ever since last year, which was pretty good because they got more relaxing time.

"Well now…Mia, she's probably home," Kento muttered shutting Ryo's door. He froze as he heard a sound downstairs. Trying to ignore it he took a step towards Mia's door but paused when he heard another bang. Gritting his teeth he started towards the stairs. Peeking around the corner he saw a small figure bang their knee into the small extra table down in the kitchen/eating area. He quickly descended the stairs and hid around the corner, to dark to see anything. Feeling around for a solid object he grab one of Mia's old candlestick holder. ~ Thank God for old stuff ~ he thought placing his hand over the light switch. ~ 1…..2….3~

"AAHHHHH YAAAHHH!!!!" Kento rose the candlestick holder above his head and went charging towards the intruder. A high pitch scream rang through the house followed by a thud as they fell to the floor in fear and shock. Kento's eyes bulged out at the sight on Mia sitting on the floor, eyes wide with fear.

"God Kento! What is wrong with you!" 3 lights flickered on upstairs and 4 people came running down the stairs, minus Cye who sort of just stumbled down the first few and then flopped onto the railing for support.

"Kento, put that thing down!" Kento instantly dropped the candlestick to the floor with a loud thunk. "What are you doing?! You could have killed her!" Kento started to blabber on at the blue haired ronin's question.

"I was just up checking on everyone I heard sounds, I thought it was a thief so I went down to check it didn't look like her so I grabbed the candlestick and ah!!!" Kento threw his arms up in the air frustrated at the hard stares he was getting.

"Kento…" a tone of warning was in Sage's voice, that's when Mia jumped in.

"It's fine, I'm okay I was just scared that's all, it's okay Kento, everybody just go back to bed," Mia muttered the last part as she found herself out of place. She was still in her clothes from earlier that night where everyone else was dressed in their night clothes… once again minus the water warrior.

"Have you been out all night?" Ryo asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he had been so tired he had forgotten for a second what had happened earlier. Mia looked at him, locking eyes for a split second the diverting them back down to the ground.

"Yeah…I…I jus-"

"Mia it's okay," Rowen said placing a hand on her shoulder, removing it as she tensed. She looked up at him, giving him a forced smile.

"I just want to go to bed okay?" pushing past the four Ronins that did nothing but stare at her made her way up the stairs.

"Night Mehah," Cye cried, going to pat her shoulder but ended up falling onto her. She laughed a bit and wrapped her arms around him.

"Come on Cye….back to bed for you okay?" he grinned his goofy grin and nodded. Mia couldn't help but smile, Cye may have been half drunk but at least he had no idea what was going on around him. Helping him towards Kento's and Cye's room she tucked the little fish (as she calls him once in a while) into bed and left, flicking the light switch off. She looked down the stairs, the others hadn't moved still. Kento looked up at her, an apologetic look in his eyes. Mia gave him a reassuring smile and left for her room.

"Kento…why were you up?" Sage finally asked, he had been waiting for Mia to leave to do so. Kento looked at him, his big brown eyes pleading.

"I…I had a weird feeling ya know? Like when the…" he trailed off, everyone knew what the feeling was. "Well anyway," he shook his head and looked back up at him, "I went and checked on everyone…that's when I heard Mia down here…just I didn't know it was her…because I hadn't checked her room yet."

"I wonder where she was," Ryo said out of no where, causing everyone to look at him. Rowen looked up the stairs and frowned.

"I don't think she was at the club Ryo, but she was somewhere and I don't know….but I have a feeling something isn't right…."