Delicious Torment
Ch 2
"Sian, are you sure that you?" Kaye asked as they stood outside.
"Kaye, come on everything is going to be fine. Why don't you just go home, and we'll see you in the morning, ok." Sian replied with a small laugh.
"Ok, ok you win. I'll go home, but if anything comes up." Kaye said sternly.
"I'll make sure to call you. Ok, I've got it." Sian replied with a grin.
"Are you two done yet? I would like to get home this century." Sage asked sarcastically.
"Yea, ok Sage, see ya tomorrow, Sian." Kaye said as she waved goodbye while they took off for home. Sian watched them drive off, and then turned around and went inside.
On the nearby roof top, "what do you say, Jakobe? Do we go inside?" Dante asked curiously as they watched from above.
"Not quite yet. We'll wait a few hours, and then..." Jakobe replied with an evil grin.
A few hours later, for some reason, Sian was tossing and turning from the constant nightmares that he's been having ever since he came upon the center. Suddenly, Sian sat straight up; he quickly covered his face with his hands, trying to make the images go away. His breathing was quick and shallow. He then slowly pulled away his hands from his face, staring at them.
"Evening Sian, it looks like you've been having those nightmares again." a voice said from the dark corner near the open window.
"You! What are you doing here?" Sian asked angrily.
"Take it easy, Sian. Unless you want us to wake the others, then I would suggest that you come with us." Jakobe replied as he motioned over to Dante.
"No, there's no need. We can talk here." Sian said as he glared at the two.
"I would prefer the roof." Jakobe replied as he opened the window further. Sian looked between Dante and Jakobe while holding the window.
"Fine, let's go, but after we talk, you two leave and never come back." Sian said as he followed them to the roof.
"Sian, what do you see when you're having your nightmares?" Dante asked curiously.
"What's it to you, what I've been seeing? A nightmare is nothing but a nightmare, and that's it." Sian replied hotly.
"Ok, let me ask you another question. What do you remember when you've arrived here at the center?" Jakobe asked as a cruel smile came across his face.
"What's with the questions? What are you trying to get at, what do you want from me?" Sian asked as he was starting to get annoyed by the two.
"We want you to remember." Dante taunted.
"Remember, remember what? Ok that's it, I've had enough, if you two don't mind this session is over as of right now." Sian replied as he got into a defensive position in case they tried anything.
"I'm sorry Sian, but this session as you call it, is far from over. But you are right; I do think that it's time for us to leave. Before we do, I should tell you that you remind me so much like your parents. You look so much like your father, physically, and you have your mother's eyes, those beautiful blue-gray eyes. I'm surprised that they haven't noticed it yet." Jakobe taunted with a cruel smile.
"How dare you say that? I'm nothing like them! I could never be, no matter how hard I try!" Sian replied angrily.
"Oh that's right, you're all hard core, aren't you. Nothing can phase you, can it," Dante asked coldly. "But what about this? Will this faze you?"
Dante pulled out a round silver locket that had an engraved picture on the outside of it outlined in orange. Dante threw it at Sian; he caught it and glanced between the locket that he now holds and Dante. "Where did you get this?" Sian asked angrily.
"You've left it behind when you've fled from us the first time, Sian." Jakobe replied as he gave an evil laugh.
"I think that it's time that the two of you should leave...now!" Sian said as his eyes narrowed into angry slits.
"Yes, I do believe that we've over stayed our welcome. We'll leave you now, but don't forget your mission, Sian. Because if you do, then we'll take it over for you." Dante replied as they both disappeared into the night. Sian looked around, but he couldn't find any trace of either of them. Then Sian took one final look around, and went inside. When Sian finally got inside, he shut the window and then stared at the locket a bit longer and then put it around his neck, and finally went back to sleep.
"Mom, dad, I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Sian whispered as he finally let sleep claim him.
The next morning, "hey sweet angel, it's time to wake up." Kaye said as she gently woke him up. Sian slowly opened his eyes, and smiled when he saw Kaye looking over him. He remembered the first time that she called him that. It was when he first came to the center. He had many cuts all over his body, blood oozing from his wounds. His vision blurry, he collapsed in the entrance. When he awoke the next thing Sian knew, Kaye was cleaning his wounds, and he asked her why she called him sweet angel. She replied with the reason that he looked like an angel when he was sleeping, so basically the name stuck.
"Hey." Sian replied as he sat up from his bed.
"You had me worried for a minute." Kaye said with a warm smile.
"I did? Why?" Sian asked in confusion.
"Because, you're usually up before we get here, but when we asked the kids if you were up yet, they said that you were still sleeping. So then naturally, I came up here and found that you're still asleep." Kaye replied.
"As you can see, I'm just fine." Sian said with a smile as he got up and walked over to his dresser.
"Yea, I guess so. Hey, hurry up and get changed." Kaye said with a gleam of mischief in her eyes.
"Oh? Why, what's with the rush?" Sian asked as he looked at her curiously.
"You'll see." Kaye replied as she headed back downstairs. Sian stared after her in confusion, but he shook his head and hurried up in changing, and then started his way downstairs.
"He's sure taking his sweet time getting down here." Kento said as he was starting to get a little annoyed.
"Come on Kento, cut him some slack ok. He just got up." Cye replied with a smirk.
"Yea, yea whatever Cye." Kento said as they continued to wait for him.
Finally, Sian entered the main room, "happy birthday, Sian!" everybody yelled as confetti fell from the ceiling.
"What?!" Sian asked as he blinked in confusion.
"Since we didn't know exactly when your birthday was, we thought that today would be as good of a day as any. So, happy birthday, Sian." Rowen replied as he threw him a set of keys. Sian caught the keys, and then looked at all of them in confusion.
"What are these for?" Sian asked as he was looking over the keys.
"Why don't you take a look in the parking lot and see for yourself." Ryo replied with a huge grin.
"No way, you guys didn't." Sian said in awe, as he was looking directly at a car that he never seen in the center's parking lot before.
"Yea, it's all yours, Sian. Granted it's nothing fancy, but me and the guys fixed it up the best we could," Kento said as he beamed. "Go ahead, why don't you take it out for a spin, and see how it drives."
"For real? You have got to be kidding me. You're actually going to trust me to drive? Solo?" Sian asked as he was looking over the car.
"Sure, we know that we can trust you. So go ahead, but don't be gone for very long ok." Sage replied with a smirk.
"Thanks, all of you! This is the best," Sian said excitedly as he started to pull out of the parking lot. "Ok, I won't be gone long."
"Alright, come on you guys, we have a long day ahead of us, so let's get to work." Kaye said as she started inside.
"Aw Kaye, come on. I think that we should wait for Sian to come back." Kento pleaded.
"Kento, I'm sure that Sian will be back shortly. Besides, there's food inside that's waiting to be eaten." Kaye replied with a smile.
"Food! Get out of my way!" Kento warned as he ran inside towards the kitchen where the kids were almost done with their breakfast.
"Nice distraction there, now why didn't I think of that?" Sage asked sarcastically as they were entering the center.
"Maybe you would of if you..." Kaye trailed off as Sage gave her a look that told her not to go there. So she decided to let it drop and walk to her office while the others headed for the kitchen.
"Huh? Oh no, not again." Cye said as they entered the kitchen as the kids were leaving.
"Cye, what do you mean," Rowen asked as he looked at Cye curiously, then Rowen caught onto what he was talking about. "You know, I really wish that she would stop doing that."
"Doing what, Rowen?" Kento asked as he quickly swallowed.
"Kaye's in her office, she's skipping breakfast again." Rowen replied as he motioned over to her office.
"Don't worry Rowen, I've got it covered," Kento said as he took some food from the kitchen and brought it to her office.
"Hey busy lady, got time to eat?"
Kaye looked up from her desk and saw Kento standing in the doorway, holding some food for her. "Ok Kento, hey, don't give me that look. I know that I should eat, but there's just too much that needs to be done." Kaye replied as he took a chair and set it next to her.
"That may be, but you're not going to do anyone any good if you starve yourself, right." Kento said with a smirk as he put the food down in front of her.
"Ok Kento, I got your point, I'll eat." Kaye replied as she laughed.
Meanwhile on the streets of Toyama, Sian drove to an isolated spot that Kaye and the Ronins took him to when he first started his training with them. "There has to be a way to save the center, there just has to be. It can't shut down." Sian thought as he was trying to figure out a way to save it. Just then, a sudden wind blew. A piece of paper came out of nowhere, and then Sian grabbed for it. The paper was an advertisement for some kind of martial arts tournament that is going to be held in Toyama in a few weeks. A smile suddenly came upon his face, as he realized that this would be the way that he found to save the center. So Sian started his car and drove back to the center.
"Looks like the plan is in motion." Dante said as they watched from a nearby roof.
"Yes, everything will soon fall into place. So all we have to do is sit back and wait. Sian will complete his mission, and then everything will be changed for the better." Jakobe replied with an evil smile.
"But Jakobe, what if Sian doesn't complete his mission? What if he realizes..?" Dante asked as he stole a glance towards him.
"Dante, such little faith you show in him. Sian will complete his mission, and if he does realize that what he did wasn't his true purpose, well then, we'll just have to handle it ourselves." Jakobe replied as they both disappeared.
Back at the center, "Mrs. Faun, where's Sian? I thought that he was suppose to teach us today?" a little boy asked.
"Don't worry about Sian, I'm sure that he'll be back soon. In the meantime, why don't I teach you some new techniques." Kaye replied with a small smile. The little boy's eyes lit up when she said that, and then he fell in line with the other kids.
Just as class was about to start, Sian came bursting through the front doors of the center all excited. "Sian, whoa there, slow down. you know better than to rush in like that," Ryo scolded. "What's gotten you all excited anyway?"
"Sorry uncle Ryo, but I found the answer to all of our problems." Sian replied with a huge grin on his face.
"What do you have in your hands there, Sian?" Sage asked curiously.
"It's like I said, it's the answer to all of our problems." Sian replied.
"Let me see that," Kento said as he grabbed it out of his hands. Kento's eyes twinkled with excitement and then a huge grin appeared on his face. "Guys, I think that you should take a look at this."
Rowen gave Kento a look of confusion as he grabbed the flyer from his hands. Then as he was reading it, he also had a huge grin appear on his face as well. "Sian, where did you find this?" Rowen asked as he passed the flyer around to the others.
"Actually uncle Rowen, you could say that it found me." Sian replied with a grin.
"You guys, you know what this means, don't you?" Cye asked as he smiled.
"The center won't have to close after all. But, who's going to tell Kaye the news?" Sage asked as he looked around at them.
"I'll tell her!" Sian volunteered as he took the flyer from Sage and ran over to where Kaye was teaching the kids. Kaye was so in tuned to her technique that she didn't see Sian coming. Sian ducked and rolled out of the way, and then stood up.
"Sian, be more careful! I could of hurt you just now." Kaye scolded as she looked at him.
"Sorry, but I wanted you to take a look at this." Sian replied as he produced the flyer in front of her.
"What is this?" Kaye asked as she grabbed the flyer.
"Would you just read it? You'll like it, trust me." Sian replied with a mischievous grin. Kaye looked at him suspiciously, and then started to read it. Her eyes started to get wider the further she read, she then looked up with a huge grin on her face.
"Sian!" Kaye said excitedly as she gave him a huge hug. Sian kept his grip on her, and twirled her around in a circle and then set her back down.
"It looks like she took that well, huh." Kento said with a grin on his face as he and the others walked over to them.
"Well Kaye, what do you think? Are you up to it?" Rowen asked.
"Mrs. Faun, what are they talking about?" a little girl asked curiously.
Kaye turned around and faced the class, "what do you guys think of being in a martial arts tournament that's coming up in a few weeks?" Kaye asked them.
"You mean it?" a little boy asked excitedly.
"For real?" a little girl asked also in excitement.
"Yes, for real." Kaye replied with a smile on her face.
A chorus of yea came from all of the kids. Kaye turned back around and faced them, "well Rowen, there's your answer." Kaye said with a laugh.
"Ok kids, you know what this means don't you? It means that you have to work harder than you have been. Do you think that you can handle it?" Ryo asked with a mischievous grin.
"Just try us!" a little girl replied as she grinned back.
"It says here that we're going to need a team name. Anyone have any ideas?" Kaye asked the kids. Different names were being yelled out, no one really agreed to one that is until someone yelled out one that caught their attention.
"Ronin! Team Ronin!" a little boy yelled out.
"Yea! Team Ronin!" the other kids cheered loudly.
Kaye and the guys did a quick looks to each other, and then they started to laugh. "If they only knew." Kaye thought as she was laughing.
"Ok, Team Ronin it is. Now that we have a team name, I guess that we should start training." Cye said as he and the others started to split the kids up into groups. Before Kaye went over to her group of kids, Sian stopped her.
"Sian, what is it?" Kaye asked as she looked at him.
"That technique you were doing before, I was wondering, would you, would you teach me it?" Sian asked as looked back at her.
"I don't know, Sian." Kaye replied.
"Aw 'mom,' come on, you know that I can learn any technique very quickly. It'll only take a day or two until I've gotten it down." Sian pleaded.
"I know that, Sian, you're one of the most talented martial artists that I've seen in a very long time." Kaye replied.
"Then why won't you teach me that technique," Sian asked. "It looked like you were about to teach those kids, so why not me?"
"For your information, Sian. I wasn't going to teach them that particular technique, I was just demonstrating it." Kaye replied calmly.
"Then if you won't teach me, I'm sure that the others will." Sian said.
"Sorry Sian, but the others don't know how to do it either. So they won't be able to teach you it." Kaye replied.
"But they know about it, right?" Sian asked. Kaye nodded her head telling him that they know. "Then why are you so hesitant about teaching it to me?" he asked.
"I'm sorry, Sian. But I can't get into it right now." Kaye replied quietly as she walked over to her group. The other guys were listening on their conversation while the kids were stretching. They looked at each other, and they knew that Sian has to know why she won't teach him that particular technique.
"I don't understand, why is she being so difficult about this? Why won't she teach it to me?" Sian asked to no one in particular.
"Sian, after class, I think that we need to talk, ok." Cye said as he laid his hand onto his shoulder. Sian looked over at Cye with a slight frown, and then nodded. Cye gave a quick nod back, and then went back to his group.
Ch 2
"Sian, are you sure that you?" Kaye asked as they stood outside.
"Kaye, come on everything is going to be fine. Why don't you just go home, and we'll see you in the morning, ok." Sian replied with a small laugh.
"Ok, ok you win. I'll go home, but if anything comes up." Kaye said sternly.
"I'll make sure to call you. Ok, I've got it." Sian replied with a grin.
"Are you two done yet? I would like to get home this century." Sage asked sarcastically.
"Yea, ok Sage, see ya tomorrow, Sian." Kaye said as she waved goodbye while they took off for home. Sian watched them drive off, and then turned around and went inside.
On the nearby roof top, "what do you say, Jakobe? Do we go inside?" Dante asked curiously as they watched from above.
"Not quite yet. We'll wait a few hours, and then..." Jakobe replied with an evil grin.
A few hours later, for some reason, Sian was tossing and turning from the constant nightmares that he's been having ever since he came upon the center. Suddenly, Sian sat straight up; he quickly covered his face with his hands, trying to make the images go away. His breathing was quick and shallow. He then slowly pulled away his hands from his face, staring at them.
"Evening Sian, it looks like you've been having those nightmares again." a voice said from the dark corner near the open window.
"You! What are you doing here?" Sian asked angrily.
"Take it easy, Sian. Unless you want us to wake the others, then I would suggest that you come with us." Jakobe replied as he motioned over to Dante.
"No, there's no need. We can talk here." Sian said as he glared at the two.
"I would prefer the roof." Jakobe replied as he opened the window further. Sian looked between Dante and Jakobe while holding the window.
"Fine, let's go, but after we talk, you two leave and never come back." Sian said as he followed them to the roof.
"Sian, what do you see when you're having your nightmares?" Dante asked curiously.
"What's it to you, what I've been seeing? A nightmare is nothing but a nightmare, and that's it." Sian replied hotly.
"Ok, let me ask you another question. What do you remember when you've arrived here at the center?" Jakobe asked as a cruel smile came across his face.
"What's with the questions? What are you trying to get at, what do you want from me?" Sian asked as he was starting to get annoyed by the two.
"We want you to remember." Dante taunted.
"Remember, remember what? Ok that's it, I've had enough, if you two don't mind this session is over as of right now." Sian replied as he got into a defensive position in case they tried anything.
"I'm sorry Sian, but this session as you call it, is far from over. But you are right; I do think that it's time for us to leave. Before we do, I should tell you that you remind me so much like your parents. You look so much like your father, physically, and you have your mother's eyes, those beautiful blue-gray eyes. I'm surprised that they haven't noticed it yet." Jakobe taunted with a cruel smile.
"How dare you say that? I'm nothing like them! I could never be, no matter how hard I try!" Sian replied angrily.
"Oh that's right, you're all hard core, aren't you. Nothing can phase you, can it," Dante asked coldly. "But what about this? Will this faze you?"
Dante pulled out a round silver locket that had an engraved picture on the outside of it outlined in orange. Dante threw it at Sian; he caught it and glanced between the locket that he now holds and Dante. "Where did you get this?" Sian asked angrily.
"You've left it behind when you've fled from us the first time, Sian." Jakobe replied as he gave an evil laugh.
"I think that it's time that the two of you should leave...now!" Sian said as his eyes narrowed into angry slits.
"Yes, I do believe that we've over stayed our welcome. We'll leave you now, but don't forget your mission, Sian. Because if you do, then we'll take it over for you." Dante replied as they both disappeared into the night. Sian looked around, but he couldn't find any trace of either of them. Then Sian took one final look around, and went inside. When Sian finally got inside, he shut the window and then stared at the locket a bit longer and then put it around his neck, and finally went back to sleep.
"Mom, dad, I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Sian whispered as he finally let sleep claim him.
The next morning, "hey sweet angel, it's time to wake up." Kaye said as she gently woke him up. Sian slowly opened his eyes, and smiled when he saw Kaye looking over him. He remembered the first time that she called him that. It was when he first came to the center. He had many cuts all over his body, blood oozing from his wounds. His vision blurry, he collapsed in the entrance. When he awoke the next thing Sian knew, Kaye was cleaning his wounds, and he asked her why she called him sweet angel. She replied with the reason that he looked like an angel when he was sleeping, so basically the name stuck.
"Hey." Sian replied as he sat up from his bed.
"You had me worried for a minute." Kaye said with a warm smile.
"I did? Why?" Sian asked in confusion.
"Because, you're usually up before we get here, but when we asked the kids if you were up yet, they said that you were still sleeping. So then naturally, I came up here and found that you're still asleep." Kaye replied.
"As you can see, I'm just fine." Sian said with a smile as he got up and walked over to his dresser.
"Yea, I guess so. Hey, hurry up and get changed." Kaye said with a gleam of mischief in her eyes.
"Oh? Why, what's with the rush?" Sian asked as he looked at her curiously.
"You'll see." Kaye replied as she headed back downstairs. Sian stared after her in confusion, but he shook his head and hurried up in changing, and then started his way downstairs.
"He's sure taking his sweet time getting down here." Kento said as he was starting to get a little annoyed.
"Come on Kento, cut him some slack ok. He just got up." Cye replied with a smirk.
"Yea, yea whatever Cye." Kento said as they continued to wait for him.
Finally, Sian entered the main room, "happy birthday, Sian!" everybody yelled as confetti fell from the ceiling.
"What?!" Sian asked as he blinked in confusion.
"Since we didn't know exactly when your birthday was, we thought that today would be as good of a day as any. So, happy birthday, Sian." Rowen replied as he threw him a set of keys. Sian caught the keys, and then looked at all of them in confusion.
"What are these for?" Sian asked as he was looking over the keys.
"Why don't you take a look in the parking lot and see for yourself." Ryo replied with a huge grin.
"No way, you guys didn't." Sian said in awe, as he was looking directly at a car that he never seen in the center's parking lot before.
"Yea, it's all yours, Sian. Granted it's nothing fancy, but me and the guys fixed it up the best we could," Kento said as he beamed. "Go ahead, why don't you take it out for a spin, and see how it drives."
"For real? You have got to be kidding me. You're actually going to trust me to drive? Solo?" Sian asked as he was looking over the car.
"Sure, we know that we can trust you. So go ahead, but don't be gone for very long ok." Sage replied with a smirk.
"Thanks, all of you! This is the best," Sian said excitedly as he started to pull out of the parking lot. "Ok, I won't be gone long."
"Alright, come on you guys, we have a long day ahead of us, so let's get to work." Kaye said as she started inside.
"Aw Kaye, come on. I think that we should wait for Sian to come back." Kento pleaded.
"Kento, I'm sure that Sian will be back shortly. Besides, there's food inside that's waiting to be eaten." Kaye replied with a smile.
"Food! Get out of my way!" Kento warned as he ran inside towards the kitchen where the kids were almost done with their breakfast.
"Nice distraction there, now why didn't I think of that?" Sage asked sarcastically as they were entering the center.
"Maybe you would of if you..." Kaye trailed off as Sage gave her a look that told her not to go there. So she decided to let it drop and walk to her office while the others headed for the kitchen.
"Huh? Oh no, not again." Cye said as they entered the kitchen as the kids were leaving.
"Cye, what do you mean," Rowen asked as he looked at Cye curiously, then Rowen caught onto what he was talking about. "You know, I really wish that she would stop doing that."
"Doing what, Rowen?" Kento asked as he quickly swallowed.
"Kaye's in her office, she's skipping breakfast again." Rowen replied as he motioned over to her office.
"Don't worry Rowen, I've got it covered," Kento said as he took some food from the kitchen and brought it to her office.
"Hey busy lady, got time to eat?"
Kaye looked up from her desk and saw Kento standing in the doorway, holding some food for her. "Ok Kento, hey, don't give me that look. I know that I should eat, but there's just too much that needs to be done." Kaye replied as he took a chair and set it next to her.
"That may be, but you're not going to do anyone any good if you starve yourself, right." Kento said with a smirk as he put the food down in front of her.
"Ok Kento, I got your point, I'll eat." Kaye replied as she laughed.
Meanwhile on the streets of Toyama, Sian drove to an isolated spot that Kaye and the Ronins took him to when he first started his training with them. "There has to be a way to save the center, there just has to be. It can't shut down." Sian thought as he was trying to figure out a way to save it. Just then, a sudden wind blew. A piece of paper came out of nowhere, and then Sian grabbed for it. The paper was an advertisement for some kind of martial arts tournament that is going to be held in Toyama in a few weeks. A smile suddenly came upon his face, as he realized that this would be the way that he found to save the center. So Sian started his car and drove back to the center.
"Looks like the plan is in motion." Dante said as they watched from a nearby roof.
"Yes, everything will soon fall into place. So all we have to do is sit back and wait. Sian will complete his mission, and then everything will be changed for the better." Jakobe replied with an evil smile.
"But Jakobe, what if Sian doesn't complete his mission? What if he realizes..?" Dante asked as he stole a glance towards him.
"Dante, such little faith you show in him. Sian will complete his mission, and if he does realize that what he did wasn't his true purpose, well then, we'll just have to handle it ourselves." Jakobe replied as they both disappeared.
Back at the center, "Mrs. Faun, where's Sian? I thought that he was suppose to teach us today?" a little boy asked.
"Don't worry about Sian, I'm sure that he'll be back soon. In the meantime, why don't I teach you some new techniques." Kaye replied with a small smile. The little boy's eyes lit up when she said that, and then he fell in line with the other kids.
Just as class was about to start, Sian came bursting through the front doors of the center all excited. "Sian, whoa there, slow down. you know better than to rush in like that," Ryo scolded. "What's gotten you all excited anyway?"
"Sorry uncle Ryo, but I found the answer to all of our problems." Sian replied with a huge grin on his face.
"What do you have in your hands there, Sian?" Sage asked curiously.
"It's like I said, it's the answer to all of our problems." Sian replied.
"Let me see that," Kento said as he grabbed it out of his hands. Kento's eyes twinkled with excitement and then a huge grin appeared on his face. "Guys, I think that you should take a look at this."
Rowen gave Kento a look of confusion as he grabbed the flyer from his hands. Then as he was reading it, he also had a huge grin appear on his face as well. "Sian, where did you find this?" Rowen asked as he passed the flyer around to the others.
"Actually uncle Rowen, you could say that it found me." Sian replied with a grin.
"You guys, you know what this means, don't you?" Cye asked as he smiled.
"The center won't have to close after all. But, who's going to tell Kaye the news?" Sage asked as he looked around at them.
"I'll tell her!" Sian volunteered as he took the flyer from Sage and ran over to where Kaye was teaching the kids. Kaye was so in tuned to her technique that she didn't see Sian coming. Sian ducked and rolled out of the way, and then stood up.
"Sian, be more careful! I could of hurt you just now." Kaye scolded as she looked at him.
"Sorry, but I wanted you to take a look at this." Sian replied as he produced the flyer in front of her.
"What is this?" Kaye asked as she grabbed the flyer.
"Would you just read it? You'll like it, trust me." Sian replied with a mischievous grin. Kaye looked at him suspiciously, and then started to read it. Her eyes started to get wider the further she read, she then looked up with a huge grin on her face.
"Sian!" Kaye said excitedly as she gave him a huge hug. Sian kept his grip on her, and twirled her around in a circle and then set her back down.
"It looks like she took that well, huh." Kento said with a grin on his face as he and the others walked over to them.
"Well Kaye, what do you think? Are you up to it?" Rowen asked.
"Mrs. Faun, what are they talking about?" a little girl asked curiously.
Kaye turned around and faced the class, "what do you guys think of being in a martial arts tournament that's coming up in a few weeks?" Kaye asked them.
"You mean it?" a little boy asked excitedly.
"For real?" a little girl asked also in excitement.
"Yes, for real." Kaye replied with a smile on her face.
A chorus of yea came from all of the kids. Kaye turned back around and faced them, "well Rowen, there's your answer." Kaye said with a laugh.
"Ok kids, you know what this means don't you? It means that you have to work harder than you have been. Do you think that you can handle it?" Ryo asked with a mischievous grin.
"Just try us!" a little girl replied as she grinned back.
"It says here that we're going to need a team name. Anyone have any ideas?" Kaye asked the kids. Different names were being yelled out, no one really agreed to one that is until someone yelled out one that caught their attention.
"Ronin! Team Ronin!" a little boy yelled out.
"Yea! Team Ronin!" the other kids cheered loudly.
Kaye and the guys did a quick looks to each other, and then they started to laugh. "If they only knew." Kaye thought as she was laughing.
"Ok, Team Ronin it is. Now that we have a team name, I guess that we should start training." Cye said as he and the others started to split the kids up into groups. Before Kaye went over to her group of kids, Sian stopped her.
"Sian, what is it?" Kaye asked as she looked at him.
"That technique you were doing before, I was wondering, would you, would you teach me it?" Sian asked as looked back at her.
"I don't know, Sian." Kaye replied.
"Aw 'mom,' come on, you know that I can learn any technique very quickly. It'll only take a day or two until I've gotten it down." Sian pleaded.
"I know that, Sian, you're one of the most talented martial artists that I've seen in a very long time." Kaye replied.
"Then why won't you teach me that technique," Sian asked. "It looked like you were about to teach those kids, so why not me?"
"For your information, Sian. I wasn't going to teach them that particular technique, I was just demonstrating it." Kaye replied calmly.
"Then if you won't teach me, I'm sure that the others will." Sian said.
"Sorry Sian, but the others don't know how to do it either. So they won't be able to teach you it." Kaye replied.
"But they know about it, right?" Sian asked. Kaye nodded her head telling him that they know. "Then why are you so hesitant about teaching it to me?" he asked.
"I'm sorry, Sian. But I can't get into it right now." Kaye replied quietly as she walked over to her group. The other guys were listening on their conversation while the kids were stretching. They looked at each other, and they knew that Sian has to know why she won't teach him that particular technique.
"I don't understand, why is she being so difficult about this? Why won't she teach it to me?" Sian asked to no one in particular.
"Sian, after class, I think that we need to talk, ok." Cye said as he laid his hand onto his shoulder. Sian looked over at Cye with a slight frown, and then nodded. Cye gave a quick nod back, and then went back to his group.