ShadowDancer and SunSinger
Epilogue
Rocky Oberlin
Disclaimer: When I started this story, I didn't own Ronin Warriors or the idea of ShadowDancer and SunSinger. I still don't even now when I am about to finish this story. They still belong to the big corporations (who I am too lazy to look up at the moment) and Mercedes Lackey respectively.
Mia gave Sage a smile before looking into the room that her brother and his grandfather and father were sitting, discussing the merits of the ShadowDancer and SunSinger's marriage. Mia's smile widened when she remembered how her brother checked her over before looking at his friends and Sage. Cale gave a nod of thanks to Anubis and Dais for keeping his little sister safe and then he grabbed Sage by the arm to have a "friendly discussion". They both came back bruised and dirty and, in Sage's case, sporting a black eye. Cale got away with a split lip. She thoroughly yelled at the pair of them before leaving them to take care of themselves. Ryo and Rowen were openly grinning at the pair before they left to help the giggling Cye in the kitchen. Kento just snorted at them and went to read by the fire for a while. Cale's friends just grinned at the pair before joining Kento in the living room to attend to their own pursuits; for some reason Dais found that baiting the EarthSinger was fun.
Sage looked up at the sound of the sliding chairs. Then he turned back to the window in disgust as he saw his father and grandfather walk out the door with Cale. It figured that Grandfather wanted to see how well Cale could fight. The SunSinger knew that Cale claimed to have taught Mia how to fight, but he wanted to see how well the Shadow Master could fight before the elder Date would even believe Cale's claim.
"Always looking for ways to improve the Clan, aren't you Grandfather?" Sage muttered.
Mia would have said something, but Sage's mother just chuckled. She had taken one look at the pair and said she had made her decision. She stayed with them to make sure that nothing untoward happened while her father and husband talked with Mia's brother. "Yes, he wants to make sure that our family stays strong," she said. "You should know this by the way he negotiated with your sisters' potential husbands."
Now it was Mia's turn to chuckle. "Now I feel like a prize horse," she said. "I'm only here to improve an already excellent bloodline."
Sage's mother laughed. "You should have saw my father when he was looking for potential husbands for me. When I met my husband, I was ready to leave the Clan just to be with him."
Sage and Mia's eyes widened. She was willing to face banishment from her Clan just to be with her husband? Sage wondered if he should try the same thing if his grandfather and father decided not to let them marry after all.
"Will you quit worrying?" asked Cye from the chair in front of the fire. He stayed with the concerned couple and Sage's mother while Cale and the head of the Date Clan talked. His other friends took one look at the elder Date member and left, even the Nether Realm warriors. Cye remembered that Ryo had said something about too many warriors making the place too threatening for negotiations. Cye thought the FireDancer wanted to laugh at the SunSinger's predicament in private.
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It seemed like hours before the two Date patriarchs and Cale came back. The elder Date patriarch nodded to his son-in-law and sat down at the table. The younger went to the living room where his wife and son were waiting with the ShadowDancer over their decision. "We're ready to discuss this with the children," he said.
Sage helped his mother up and let her precede him before taking Mia's hand in his. He may have been breaking tradition and rules, but he didn't care; he was going to marry his darkling dancer even at the cost of loosing his Clan.
Cye stayed in the room; he knew the decision already from the feeling he was getting from Cale. The Shadow Master had finally found a Clan willing to take his sister. That made the both of them happy.
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Off by the WaterDancer's pond, Ryo smiled into the fire. He also knew the decision. Now he just had to talk to Rowen about when he wanted to do the ceremony to call the spirit of Kayura back to talk to him. It would help the HeavenSinger get through the guilt he was feeling over the death of a fellow Singer.
Epilogue
Rocky Oberlin
Disclaimer: When I started this story, I didn't own Ronin Warriors or the idea of ShadowDancer and SunSinger. I still don't even now when I am about to finish this story. They still belong to the big corporations (who I am too lazy to look up at the moment) and Mercedes Lackey respectively.
Mia gave Sage a smile before looking into the room that her brother and his grandfather and father were sitting, discussing the merits of the ShadowDancer and SunSinger's marriage. Mia's smile widened when she remembered how her brother checked her over before looking at his friends and Sage. Cale gave a nod of thanks to Anubis and Dais for keeping his little sister safe and then he grabbed Sage by the arm to have a "friendly discussion". They both came back bruised and dirty and, in Sage's case, sporting a black eye. Cale got away with a split lip. She thoroughly yelled at the pair of them before leaving them to take care of themselves. Ryo and Rowen were openly grinning at the pair before they left to help the giggling Cye in the kitchen. Kento just snorted at them and went to read by the fire for a while. Cale's friends just grinned at the pair before joining Kento in the living room to attend to their own pursuits; for some reason Dais found that baiting the EarthSinger was fun.
Sage looked up at the sound of the sliding chairs. Then he turned back to the window in disgust as he saw his father and grandfather walk out the door with Cale. It figured that Grandfather wanted to see how well Cale could fight. The SunSinger knew that Cale claimed to have taught Mia how to fight, but he wanted to see how well the Shadow Master could fight before the elder Date would even believe Cale's claim.
"Always looking for ways to improve the Clan, aren't you Grandfather?" Sage muttered.
Mia would have said something, but Sage's mother just chuckled. She had taken one look at the pair and said she had made her decision. She stayed with them to make sure that nothing untoward happened while her father and husband talked with Mia's brother. "Yes, he wants to make sure that our family stays strong," she said. "You should know this by the way he negotiated with your sisters' potential husbands."
Now it was Mia's turn to chuckle. "Now I feel like a prize horse," she said. "I'm only here to improve an already excellent bloodline."
Sage's mother laughed. "You should have saw my father when he was looking for potential husbands for me. When I met my husband, I was ready to leave the Clan just to be with him."
Sage and Mia's eyes widened. She was willing to face banishment from her Clan just to be with her husband? Sage wondered if he should try the same thing if his grandfather and father decided not to let them marry after all.
"Will you quit worrying?" asked Cye from the chair in front of the fire. He stayed with the concerned couple and Sage's mother while Cale and the head of the Date Clan talked. His other friends took one look at the elder Date member and left, even the Nether Realm warriors. Cye remembered that Ryo had said something about too many warriors making the place too threatening for negotiations. Cye thought the FireDancer wanted to laugh at the SunSinger's predicament in private.
* * * * * * * * * * *
It seemed like hours before the two Date patriarchs and Cale came back. The elder Date patriarch nodded to his son-in-law and sat down at the table. The younger went to the living room where his wife and son were waiting with the ShadowDancer over their decision. "We're ready to discuss this with the children," he said.
Sage helped his mother up and let her precede him before taking Mia's hand in his. He may have been breaking tradition and rules, but he didn't care; he was going to marry his darkling dancer even at the cost of loosing his Clan.
Cye stayed in the room; he knew the decision already from the feeling he was getting from Cale. The Shadow Master had finally found a Clan willing to take his sister. That made the both of them happy.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Off by the WaterDancer's pond, Ryo smiled into the fire. He also knew the decision. Now he just had to talk to Rowen about when he wanted to do the ceremony to call the spirit of Kayura back to talk to him. It would help the HeavenSinger get through the guilt he was feeling over the death of a fellow Singer.
