Disclaimer: Ok here it goes, I don't own any rights or characters of the Ronin Warriors. The only ones that are mine are Kaye and her tiger Lightning. So sit back, kick up your feet, get comfortable, and enjoy the reading. any thoughts email me cokeacola_75@hotmail.com
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Test of the Armors
chapter 1
by: Rogue Ronin
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"Lightning, why did you leave? Where did you go? Are you alright? What could have been so important to make you up and leave, just like that without any kind of explanation? These are the questions that have been running constantly in my mind ever since you've left. Wherever you are Lightning, please come home." said Kaye quietly as tears were slowly falling from her eyes. Unknown to Kaye, there was another person in the room listening to what she was saying.
"Kaye, hey there you are. I've been looking for you." said Sage as he approached her.
"Sage, ah hi you were looking for me, why?" asked Kaye as she quickly dried her tears.
"You asked me to find you when it was time to go. Don't you remember?" asked Sage.
"Yea, now I remember, thanks Sage. Well I guess we better get going huh." replied Kaye as she started to walk out of the livingroom.
"Kaye I hope that you'll pull out of this soon, you're giving us all a scare, especially Kento." thought Sage as he watched her leave with concern in his eyes.
"Hey Sage, are ya coming or what?" asked Kaye as she noticed that he was still in the livingroom.
"Yea Kaye I'm coming." Sage replied as he caught up with her.
"Kaye are you sure that you want to do this? I mean if you want to just sit back and watch, that's fine with us." said Sage as they entered the training room.
"Sage what are you talking about? Yea, I'm sure, besides I always feel better after a training session, you know that, besides you guys will be one short for the sparring." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"Yea I guess there's no way to talk you out of it is there." said Sage as he smiled back.
"That's right, so now you guys are stuck with me. Do you think that you'll be able to deal with it?" asked Kaye as they finally made their way to the others.
"It's about time, so when did the two of you decide to join us?" asked Ryo in mock annoyance.
"Oh get off it Ryo and let's start training already." said Kaye as she began to laugh.
"Now that's something that we haven't heard from you in a while." Kento teased.
"Oh really Kento, what are you talking about?" asked Kaye with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
"You know." replied Kento with a big grin.
"Oh I see, you want me to admit that I know to which one you're referring." replied Kaye as she kept her eyes on him.
"Have it your way, but know this Kaye our match is over, and I've already won." said Kento with a smirk.
"We'll see about that Kento." replied Kaye as she got ready to repell his on coming attack. While Kaye and Kento were sparring, the others stopped theirs and watched the match that was going on between Kaye and Kento.
"It looks like we have an audience Kento." said Kaye as she caught a glimpse of the others from the corner of her eye.
"Then your defeat will be that much more enjoyable." replied Kento with another smirk.
"Don't bet on it Kento." replied Kaye as she finally saw her chance.
"This should be good." said Cye with a smile.
"You know something that we don't Cye?" asked Rowen.
"Just watch and you'll see, trust me you'll get a kick out of it." replied Cye with a big grin.
"Hey Cye what's Mia doing over there with..." asked Sage.
"Shh, Sage don't give away the surprise or it won't be any fun." replied Cye with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Hey what are you guys whispering about over there?" asked Kento while he kept his eyes on Kaye.
"Nothing Kento, hey you better pay attention to your opponent or you're going to lose the match." replied Ryo.
"Hey guys who's winning so far Kaye or Kento?" asked Mia as she stayed in Kaye's sight.
"You came just in time Mia, Kaye is going to lose." replied Kento with a smile.
"Oh really!" asked Kaye with a mischievous grin. Kento seemed to be in somewhat of a surprise in the way Kaye said that. So he shook off that feeling of surprise and finally decided to attack Kaye. She saw Kento coming and got out of the way just in time. As Kaye was moving to the side, at the same time Mia threw a paper bag to Kaye. Just as Kento turned around he saw the bag that Kaye was now holding.
"What are you up to Kaye?" asked Kento.
"I told you Kento, but you didn't believe me. Now I'm going to make you eat your words, literally." said Kaye as she got ready to make her move. Kento wasn't sure what to make out of her statement, so he decided to stop stalling and finally advance towards her. Just as Kento was in midaction of his attack, Kaye dove her hand into the paper bag and pulled out a piece of cake that was left over from supper. He couldn't make himself stop, so this was the perfect opportunity for Kaye to trip him up. Kento started to fall to the ground, but just before he hit the mat, Kaye took the piece of cake and tossed it right in his face.
"I think that the match is over. Kaye's the winner! I can't believe that you did that!" said Rowen as he was holding his side from laughing so hard.
"Aw come on Rowen that was a cheap shot. Kaye you cheated and you know it." replied Kento as he was wiping the cake off of his face while getting up form the mat.
"Sorry Kento, but I'm going to have to agree with Rowen on this one." replied Cye as he too was laughing.
"Cye, you too? I don't believe it you were in on it?" asked Kento.
"Come on Kento, you were the one who taught me that a martial artist has to be resourceful. Can you forgive me?" asked Kaye as she was giving him puppy-dog eyes.
"I taught you to be resourceful, not to be underhanded. So yea I can forgive you, but only if you'll forgive me when I do this." said Kento with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Forgive you, for what? Whoa!" said Kaye as she found herself laying with her back on the mat and Kento on top of her with a big grin.
"I always give my opponents some kind of payback." replied Kento as he kept his hold on her. As they locked their gazes onto each other, the others knew the session was over for the day.
"If the two of you are done with the match, then we should get ready to go to town like we planned." said Sage as he made them break eye contact and then helped each other up from the mat.
"Sure thing Sage." replied Kaye as she and Kento blushed.
"Hopefully Sage won't take forever in getting ready." said Mia with a smirk.
"Hey, don't knock it. I have to look good for the ladies don't I." replied Sage with a smile.
"Whatever Sage." replied Rowen as he and the others started to leave the training room with only Kaye and Kento alone.
"Kento I'm really sorry about the cake in the face." said Kaye as she tried to help him clean off the rest of the cake.
"I do have to admit it Kaye, that was a good one." replied Kento with a warm smile.
"Thanks, now I'll admit something." said Kaye.
"Oh really, and what's that?" asked Kento.
"I admit that it felt really good to laugh again. Even with the fact that Lightning has disappeared without a trace." said Kaye quietly.
"Kaye, we'll find him." replied Kento.
"Thanks, I guess that I just needed to hear that." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"Come on Kaye, you can give me a better smile than that, or I'll take the rest of this cake and return the favor." replied Kento.
"You wouldn't." said Kaye.
"Yea, I would." replied Kento with a grin.
"Ok, ok you win." Kaye said as she began to laugh.
"Now that's more like it. So what do yo say that we go upstairs and get ready for a night out on the town before the others come back here and drag us out." replied Kento as he started to leave the training room. Kaye shook her head and caught up with him. Just as they got close enough to the stairs, Kaye got an idea.
""Hey Kento, what's that?" asked Kaye as she motioned over to the kitchen.
"What do you mean what's that? Hey!" replied Kento as he noticed that Kaye ran past him and up the stairs to her room.
"I won!" said Kaye through her door.
"Who said we were in a race Kaye?" asked Kento as he was near his door.
"If the two of you don't get a move on, then we're going to leave the both of you here." warned Ryo. About ten minutes later Kaye and Kento came downstairs ready to go.
"Well it's about time." said Sage as they were leaving.
"Sorry everybody, so what's up for tonight?" asked Kaye.
"Since you two took so long, you're going to have to wait and see when we get there." replied Rowen.
"Aw come on Rowen." said Kaye.
"Don't waste your breath Kaye, he's not going to give. Besides I already know where we're going." replied Kento with a smirk.
"You guys make it no fun, especially with that mental link that you all have with each other." said Kaye in annoyance.
"You mean like the one between you and Lightning." teased Kento.
"Kento!" exclaimed Ryo.
"Oh man, Kaye I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." replied Kento.
"Rowen stop the car." said Kaye quietly.
"What? Kaye why do you want me to stop here? We're in the middle of nowhere." asked Rowen as he glanced at her in the rear view mirror.
"Just do it Rowen, stop the car." said Kaye as she began to get angry.
"I think that you better do it Rowen." said Sage. So he stopped the car, Kaye got out and started to walk in no general direction.
"Kaye wait, where are you going?" yelled Mia. Kaye stopped and looked up at the sky.
"Kento, now why did you have to go and say that for?" asked Cye.
"Hey, I said that I was sorry." replied Kento.
"Well guys now what? Who is going over there and talk to her?" asked Ryo as he looked over at Kento.
"I'm already on it." replied Kento as he walked over to where Kaye was standing.
"Lightning." whispered Kaye as she continued to look at the sky. Kento finally made it to where Kaye was standing. He got close enough to place his hand on her shoulder.
"Kaye, I didn't mean..." said Kento.
"It's alright Kento, yoiu've apologized already, and I know that you didn't mean for it to come out the way it did." replied Kaye with a small smile as she turned her focus from the sky and onto Kento.
"Are you sure?" asked Kento with concern.
"Yea I am. Now look, we have two choices. We can one, stand here all night long and try to figure out how to change what happened. Or we could..." said Kaye with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
"Or we could what? What's the second choice?" asked Kento now curious.
"Or we could finally go to town and have some fun." replied Kaye with a grin.
"Alright now you're talking!" said Kento as they walked back to the others.
"Kaye is everything alright?" asked Cye.
"Yea Cye everything is just fine. So what are we hanging around here for? Let's go and have some fun!" said Kaye with a grin. After that was said, everyone started to pile into the car and went to town.
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Test of the Armors
chapter 1
by: Rogue Ronin
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"Lightning, why did you leave? Where did you go? Are you alright? What could have been so important to make you up and leave, just like that without any kind of explanation? These are the questions that have been running constantly in my mind ever since you've left. Wherever you are Lightning, please come home." said Kaye quietly as tears were slowly falling from her eyes. Unknown to Kaye, there was another person in the room listening to what she was saying.
"Kaye, hey there you are. I've been looking for you." said Sage as he approached her.
"Sage, ah hi you were looking for me, why?" asked Kaye as she quickly dried her tears.
"You asked me to find you when it was time to go. Don't you remember?" asked Sage.
"Yea, now I remember, thanks Sage. Well I guess we better get going huh." replied Kaye as she started to walk out of the livingroom.
"Kaye I hope that you'll pull out of this soon, you're giving us all a scare, especially Kento." thought Sage as he watched her leave with concern in his eyes.
"Hey Sage, are ya coming or what?" asked Kaye as she noticed that he was still in the livingroom.
"Yea Kaye I'm coming." Sage replied as he caught up with her.
"Kaye are you sure that you want to do this? I mean if you want to just sit back and watch, that's fine with us." said Sage as they entered the training room.
"Sage what are you talking about? Yea, I'm sure, besides I always feel better after a training session, you know that, besides you guys will be one short for the sparring." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"Yea I guess there's no way to talk you out of it is there." said Sage as he smiled back.
"That's right, so now you guys are stuck with me. Do you think that you'll be able to deal with it?" asked Kaye as they finally made their way to the others.
"It's about time, so when did the two of you decide to join us?" asked Ryo in mock annoyance.
"Oh get off it Ryo and let's start training already." said Kaye as she began to laugh.
"Now that's something that we haven't heard from you in a while." Kento teased.
"Oh really Kento, what are you talking about?" asked Kaye with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
"You know." replied Kento with a big grin.
"Oh I see, you want me to admit that I know to which one you're referring." replied Kaye as she kept her eyes on him.
"Have it your way, but know this Kaye our match is over, and I've already won." said Kento with a smirk.
"We'll see about that Kento." replied Kaye as she got ready to repell his on coming attack. While Kaye and Kento were sparring, the others stopped theirs and watched the match that was going on between Kaye and Kento.
"It looks like we have an audience Kento." said Kaye as she caught a glimpse of the others from the corner of her eye.
"Then your defeat will be that much more enjoyable." replied Kento with another smirk.
"Don't bet on it Kento." replied Kaye as she finally saw her chance.
"This should be good." said Cye with a smile.
"You know something that we don't Cye?" asked Rowen.
"Just watch and you'll see, trust me you'll get a kick out of it." replied Cye with a big grin.
"Hey Cye what's Mia doing over there with..." asked Sage.
"Shh, Sage don't give away the surprise or it won't be any fun." replied Cye with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Hey what are you guys whispering about over there?" asked Kento while he kept his eyes on Kaye.
"Nothing Kento, hey you better pay attention to your opponent or you're going to lose the match." replied Ryo.
"Hey guys who's winning so far Kaye or Kento?" asked Mia as she stayed in Kaye's sight.
"You came just in time Mia, Kaye is going to lose." replied Kento with a smile.
"Oh really!" asked Kaye with a mischievous grin. Kento seemed to be in somewhat of a surprise in the way Kaye said that. So he shook off that feeling of surprise and finally decided to attack Kaye. She saw Kento coming and got out of the way just in time. As Kaye was moving to the side, at the same time Mia threw a paper bag to Kaye. Just as Kento turned around he saw the bag that Kaye was now holding.
"What are you up to Kaye?" asked Kento.
"I told you Kento, but you didn't believe me. Now I'm going to make you eat your words, literally." said Kaye as she got ready to make her move. Kento wasn't sure what to make out of her statement, so he decided to stop stalling and finally advance towards her. Just as Kento was in midaction of his attack, Kaye dove her hand into the paper bag and pulled out a piece of cake that was left over from supper. He couldn't make himself stop, so this was the perfect opportunity for Kaye to trip him up. Kento started to fall to the ground, but just before he hit the mat, Kaye took the piece of cake and tossed it right in his face.
"I think that the match is over. Kaye's the winner! I can't believe that you did that!" said Rowen as he was holding his side from laughing so hard.
"Aw come on Rowen that was a cheap shot. Kaye you cheated and you know it." replied Kento as he was wiping the cake off of his face while getting up form the mat.
"Sorry Kento, but I'm going to have to agree with Rowen on this one." replied Cye as he too was laughing.
"Cye, you too? I don't believe it you were in on it?" asked Kento.
"Come on Kento, you were the one who taught me that a martial artist has to be resourceful. Can you forgive me?" asked Kaye as she was giving him puppy-dog eyes.
"I taught you to be resourceful, not to be underhanded. So yea I can forgive you, but only if you'll forgive me when I do this." said Kento with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Forgive you, for what? Whoa!" said Kaye as she found herself laying with her back on the mat and Kento on top of her with a big grin.
"I always give my opponents some kind of payback." replied Kento as he kept his hold on her. As they locked their gazes onto each other, the others knew the session was over for the day.
"If the two of you are done with the match, then we should get ready to go to town like we planned." said Sage as he made them break eye contact and then helped each other up from the mat.
"Sure thing Sage." replied Kaye as she and Kento blushed.
"Hopefully Sage won't take forever in getting ready." said Mia with a smirk.
"Hey, don't knock it. I have to look good for the ladies don't I." replied Sage with a smile.
"Whatever Sage." replied Rowen as he and the others started to leave the training room with only Kaye and Kento alone.
"Kento I'm really sorry about the cake in the face." said Kaye as she tried to help him clean off the rest of the cake.
"I do have to admit it Kaye, that was a good one." replied Kento with a warm smile.
"Thanks, now I'll admit something." said Kaye.
"Oh really, and what's that?" asked Kento.
"I admit that it felt really good to laugh again. Even with the fact that Lightning has disappeared without a trace." said Kaye quietly.
"Kaye, we'll find him." replied Kento.
"Thanks, I guess that I just needed to hear that." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"Come on Kaye, you can give me a better smile than that, or I'll take the rest of this cake and return the favor." replied Kento.
"You wouldn't." said Kaye.
"Yea, I would." replied Kento with a grin.
"Ok, ok you win." Kaye said as she began to laugh.
"Now that's more like it. So what do yo say that we go upstairs and get ready for a night out on the town before the others come back here and drag us out." replied Kento as he started to leave the training room. Kaye shook her head and caught up with him. Just as they got close enough to the stairs, Kaye got an idea.
""Hey Kento, what's that?" asked Kaye as she motioned over to the kitchen.
"What do you mean what's that? Hey!" replied Kento as he noticed that Kaye ran past him and up the stairs to her room.
"I won!" said Kaye through her door.
"Who said we were in a race Kaye?" asked Kento as he was near his door.
"If the two of you don't get a move on, then we're going to leave the both of you here." warned Ryo. About ten minutes later Kaye and Kento came downstairs ready to go.
"Well it's about time." said Sage as they were leaving.
"Sorry everybody, so what's up for tonight?" asked Kaye.
"Since you two took so long, you're going to have to wait and see when we get there." replied Rowen.
"Aw come on Rowen." said Kaye.
"Don't waste your breath Kaye, he's not going to give. Besides I already know where we're going." replied Kento with a smirk.
"You guys make it no fun, especially with that mental link that you all have with each other." said Kaye in annoyance.
"You mean like the one between you and Lightning." teased Kento.
"Kento!" exclaimed Ryo.
"Oh man, Kaye I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." replied Kento.
"Rowen stop the car." said Kaye quietly.
"What? Kaye why do you want me to stop here? We're in the middle of nowhere." asked Rowen as he glanced at her in the rear view mirror.
"Just do it Rowen, stop the car." said Kaye as she began to get angry.
"I think that you better do it Rowen." said Sage. So he stopped the car, Kaye got out and started to walk in no general direction.
"Kaye wait, where are you going?" yelled Mia. Kaye stopped and looked up at the sky.
"Kento, now why did you have to go and say that for?" asked Cye.
"Hey, I said that I was sorry." replied Kento.
"Well guys now what? Who is going over there and talk to her?" asked Ryo as he looked over at Kento.
"I'm already on it." replied Kento as he walked over to where Kaye was standing.
"Lightning." whispered Kaye as she continued to look at the sky. Kento finally made it to where Kaye was standing. He got close enough to place his hand on her shoulder.
"Kaye, I didn't mean..." said Kento.
"It's alright Kento, yoiu've apologized already, and I know that you didn't mean for it to come out the way it did." replied Kaye with a small smile as she turned her focus from the sky and onto Kento.
"Are you sure?" asked Kento with concern.
"Yea I am. Now look, we have two choices. We can one, stand here all night long and try to figure out how to change what happened. Or we could..." said Kaye with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
"Or we could what? What's the second choice?" asked Kento now curious.
"Or we could finally go to town and have some fun." replied Kaye with a grin.
"Alright now you're talking!" said Kento as they walked back to the others.
"Kaye is everything alright?" asked Cye.
"Yea Cye everything is just fine. So what are we hanging around here for? Let's go and have some fun!" said Kaye with a grin. After that was said, everyone started to pile into the car and went to town.