Spirits and Enemies
A Ronin Warriors Fic
By: chayei

Ch. 3 - New Allies Revealed
Started: 10/7/01
Ended: 10/8/01

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Disclaimer: I do not own Ronin Warriors. However, I created Chaya,
Mayuko, and Kaede so they are mine. If you want to use them, please ask
first.

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Notes:

"/..../"- speaking in English

"...."- speaking in Japanese

_...._- thinking or speaking telepathicly

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/IN KAYURA'S DREAM/

Kayura stopped running from her nightmare. "Who's there?" she asked.

"Ancient One?!" Kayura asked. "What is it you need?"

"The Spirits of Earth? Who are they, Ancient?"

"Thank you, Ancient. I will try to find them."

"Their weapons?" echoed Kayura.

"But, Ancient, there are only five sets of weapons here. Where is the
sixth?"

"The Starlight Swords? I'm glad that they have better purposes then
sitting in an armory getting dusty."

"Yes, it is. Goodbye, Ancient One."

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/IN THE NETHER REALM/

Kayura tossed back and forth in her sleep. Dreams of the wrong doings
of her past haunted her mind. Then suddenly, she calmed down. Kale was
worried for Kayura. Every night, she disturbed him with the pain she
let known through her nightmares, and with the screams that came with
them. Kale wasn't too disturbed by the interruptions, because he was
rarely asleep at night. Being a warrior of darkness did that to a
person.

But tonight, Kale had found some hope. Kayura had calmed down before he
had woken her up. Maybe she was overcoming the pain of her past. Kale
caressed her cheek and smiled, wondering what had brought about Kayura's
sense of peace.

"NOOO!" a high pitched voice shouted from far away.

Kale sighed. It seemed his nighttime job was never over. Kale left to
take care of another victim of the dream world.

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"WHAT?!" Chaya exclaimed. "That should've at least made a mark!"

"Poor, pitiful Terra." Adonis said in resonse to the remark. "While you
have stayed at the same level, I have advanced. And now it is time for
your death. Or you could join Lady Tiamat."

"I will never join the Dynasty, Adonis. You should know that by now."
Chaya answered.

"Then you will have death, Terra. How honorable of you." Adonis
commented sarcastically. "PANIC..."

"Adonis, stop!" commanded a voice from above.

Adonis just grimaced at the sound of the voice. He looked up and saw a
woman with long black hair with purple streaks and deep, purple eyes.
She was wearing tight black pants and a black halter-top. Her eyes were
glaring at Adonis.

"And why should I, Kali?" he sneered. "Do you have feelings for the
enemy?"

Kali didn't react to his comment. "Azrael sent me under the authority
of Lady Tiamat. The Lady does not want the Child dead quite yet. She
requests you return immediately."

Adonis had lost the battle of wits between him and his fellow warlord.
"I only live to serve my lady." He glared once more before returning to
the Dynasty.

"Beware, Ronin and Spirits, the Dynasty will destroy you." announced
Kali as she smirked and also made her way back to the Dynasty.

Chaya left without saying a word, disappearing into thin air. Kaede and
Mayuko were about to leave when Ryo spoke up.

"Wait, can you tell us who you are so we know who our allies are?" he
asked.

Kaede was the one who responded. "Certainly, Wildfire, if you will do
the same for us."

"We will."

The seven remaining warriors revealed their identities at the same time.
The reaction from them all was surprise.

"Kaede!"

"Ryo!"

"Mayuko!"

"Sage! Rowen! Cye! Kento!"

"How can this be?" asked Ryo. "Kaede, you fight the Dynasty?"

"I've been fighting the Dynasty. Since before I met you. But, Ryo,
you're a Ronin Warrior?" responded Kaede.

"Well that would explain a few things." said Rowen.

"And what is that?" asked Kento.

"Simple, Kento, how Ryo and Kaede got together." answered Cye.

"And exactly what do you mean by that?!" shouted Ryo and Kaede.

"Why don't you know?" responded Mayuko. "Pyros are obviously attracted
to each other."

Before Ryo and Kaede could respond, Sage brought up a question that
returned to the new discoveries. "Kaede, Mayuko, who is the Terra
girl?"

Both Mayuko and Kaede fell silent and looked at each other. "That will
have to be Terra's job to tell you that." answered Mayuko.

"Why? Don't you know?" asked Rowen.

"Oh, we know." answered Kaede. "We just don't feel like having our lives
drastically shortened."

/MIA'S HOUSE/

"So what you're saying is that the enemy has already attacked." said Mia
a few hours later as the Ronin Warriors told her, Kayura, and the ex-
warlords about their encounter with the enemy.

"What was his name again?" inquired Dais.

"He said his was Tiamat's Warlord of Pain." answered Ryo. "But the
girls ..."

"Who?!" asked Kayura.

"The three girls who helped us. They said his name was Adonis, like
they had fought before." responded Ryo.

"And who are these three girls?" asked Kayura. _Could they be the three
the Ancient was talking about?_ she wondered.

"Well, Adonis referred to them as the three remaining Spirits: Terra,
Ignis, and Aqua." answered Sage.

"Earth, Fire, and Water," pondered Mia. "Who are they?"

"Three of the Spirits of Earth." responded Kayura. "Wildfire, do you
know any of their identities?"

"Uh.... yeah, Kayura," said Ryo. "but only Ignis and Aqua. Terra left
before we could ask, and the other two refused to tell us who she was."

"Well, who are they?" asked Sekhmet.

"It's really funny." answered Kento. "Ignis is Ryo's girlfriend Kaede
Son. And Aqua is our friend Mayuko Sakai."

"Spirits of Earth," wondered Anubis. "aren't they the ones Tapla sent
Azrael to destroy three years ago?"

"That's right, Anubis!" answered Kale. "And he succeeded in turning one
to our side, capturing another, and prevented a third from awakening. I
had forgotten about that."

"Whoa! Guys, we do have school tomorrow." reminded Cye.

"Your right, Cye." answered Rowen. "We better be going."

"Ronin, try to bring the two Spirits you met today here tomorrow. I
want to talk to them." requested Kayura.

"Sure thing, Kayura." answered Ryo. "Bye, everyone!" And the Ronin
Warriors left.

"Hey, Kale," said Dais, "isn't it about time you checked on your
patient?"

"Patient? What does Dais mean, Kale?" asked Anubis.

"She was a captive of Talpa. We found her wandering around the Nether
Realm about a year ago. Her physical wounds have long since healed, but
the mental ones still remain. I've been monitoring her in her sleep for
nightmares."

"Oh." was all Anubis could say.

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It was the next day and once again it was lunchtime, the majority of the
student population's favorite time of day. For those like Kento, it
meant food and fooling around. For those like Sage, it meant flirting
with the girls. And for those like Rowen, it meant thirty minutes that
he could spend reading his latest novel. But of course, this was only
on normal days and the day after an attack is not normal for the Ronin
Warriors. Ryo had been trying to find the time to tell Kaede and Mayuko
about the meeting without Chaya finding out. Much to his relief when
Mayuko showed up without Chaya with her since they both had Study Hall
before lunch.

"Where's Chaya, Mayuko?" asked Ryo as she sat down.

"She stayed after to help the teacher clean up after some jerks." she
said. "They would have done it if they hadn't been sent to Mr.
Kanzaburo."

"I know! That was so funny when they were caught!" responded Kento.

"Well, anyway, Kaede, Mayuko, would you mind coming with us after school
to talk about," Ryo looked around, "you know."

"Sure thing, Ryo!" answered Kaede.

"And you don't have to worry about Chaya." added Mayuko. "She has to
make a call back to the States after school."

"That's great." said Ryo with relief.

Soon, Chaya joined the group and all too soon lunch was over. With all
the groans and reluctance of the student body, classes were resumed.
After school, the group walked home together as they had the two
previous days.

_Yuko, Kae, are you sure you want to do this today? You could wait till
an afternoon I'm free, such as tomorrow, so I can talk to the Ronin
Warriors and their allies. I do know more than the two of you._ 'pathed
Chaya to her two friends on their way home.

_We're sure, Chai._ answered Mayuko.

_And besides, they think you have nothing to do with this._ said Kaede.
_Let's wait a bit until they're used to having more allies._

_All right._ agreed Chaya as she separated from the group on her way to
Mayuko's apartment.

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/MIA'S HOUSE/

"Everyone this is Kaede and Mayuko. Kaede, Mayuko, this is Mia, Anubis,
Kayura, Sekhmet, Dais and - hey, where's Kale?" asked Ryo as he gave
the introductions.

"He had business to take care of." answered Dais.

"That's right." agreed Kayura. "And you two are part of the Spirits of
Earth." she said referring to Kaede and Mayuko.

"That's right." answered Mayuko. "What do you want to know?"

"For one thing, who are Tiamat's warlords?" requested Anubis.

"Wouldn't you know, Anubis?" answered Kaede a bit too coldly. "You were
a Dark Warlord of the Dynasty. The Dark Warlord of Cruelty, if I
remember correctly."

Anubis grimaced at being reminded of his past. "When I was a warlord, I
didn't bother myself with knowing who my underlings were." he responded.

"Kaede, that's enough." scolded Mayuko. "They aren't part of the
Dynasty anymore and you know that. Forgive her please."

"It is alright," answered Kayura. "It took the Ronin Warriors awhile to
accept us. I would imagine the same for the two of you."

"Back to Tiamat's warlords. As far as we know, she has about four.
Azrael, her Warlord of Death, has never made an appearance to fight
against us. We know he exists only from the comments of the other
warlords. Kali is Tiamat's Warlord of Nightmares. She is the most
powerful that we have fought against. Kali usually attacks mentally,
messing with her opponent's mind like Dais once did. But unlike Dais,
Kali doesn't trick or full her opponents. She brings their greatest
fears to life." gave Mayuko.

"There is also Siva, the Warlord of Destruction. He relies a bit too
much on modern weapons such as grenades and bombs. And last is Adonis,
we, like the Ronin Warriors, have only fought him once. Terra knows the
most about his warlord powers." finished Kaede.

"What do you mean by 'warlord powers'?" asked Sekhmet.

"Adonis was once Lunar, one of our fellow Spirits of Earth. Both he and
Lux were captured by the Dynasty. For all we know, Lux could be a
warlord, too." Kaede said keeping a straight face.

"Don't say that!" shouted Mayuko, tears running down her face. "I... We
might have lost Brian to the Dynasty, but Lux is to innocent to be
corrupted so!"

"Mayuko, are you all right?" asked Kento, concerned about his friend and
fellow joker.

"No." was the answer he received, "Brian... Lunar was my boyfriend,
before... before he was captured. And Mag... Lux was like a little
sister to all of us. I know she wasn't turned by the Dynasty."

Everyone looked at Kaede as if to ask is all of this was true. All
Kaede could do was look down, coping with the pain of loosing comrades.

"Well, I guess it's time we left." suggested Ryo. The other Ronin
Warriors quickly agreed and started to help Mayuko and Kaede to the
door.

"Wait." commanded Kayura.

Everyone stopped immediately.

"I believe these belong to you." she said as she gave Kaede the Sunfire
Katanas and Mayuko the Ocean Wave Trident. The two of them gasped as
they saw the weapons.

"Where did you get these?" demanded Kaede.

"The Ancient One entrusted then to me until I could find you." Kayura
answered.

"Thank you." said Mayuko, as the two sets of weapons disappeared out of
sight. Kayura gave them a small smile as they left with the Ronin
Warriors. Suddenly Kale appeared.

"Okay, did I miss anything?" he asked.

"Where were you, Kale?" asked Anubis.

"I was taking care of Margaret."

"Margaret?"

"The girl we told you about last night, Anubis." answered Dais. "Took
you long enough, Kale. What kept you?"

"She wouldn't calm down. I only got her back to sleep a few minutes
ago." he responded.

"Well, you missed a lot." said Sekhmet as the ex-warlords began to
explain what had happened.

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"/Yeah, Mom. I understand. I'll call you next week. Bye./" said Chaya
as she finished her phone call home.

*RING, RING*

"/Not again./" she muttered as she picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey, sis, is that you?" asked the voice on the other end.

"Danielle! Is that you?! Since when have you known Japanese?" Chaya
asked her older sister.

"Since college. Listen I just called to tell I'm going to be in Japan
next week. My job's transferred me there."

"Cool! Where in Japan will you be?"

"Toyama."

"That means we'll be in the same city! This is great, Dani!"

"Yeah, I know. Listen I've gotta go, 'kay?"

"Yeah, bye."

"Talk to ya later, Chai."

Chaya was ecstatic. Her sister was going to come to Japan. Besides
having to fight evil forces trying to conquer the world, what could go
wrong?

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