Part 5: The Happy Family - The Senshi Meet The Ronins
The inside of their home was nice, Mina decided, especially since it was full of shirtless men in their boxers. (An: I guess I have an obsession with boxers, ne? This is like the third one I've done with guys only in them.)
Three guys, one kid, and a woman sat around a table eating breakfast. They'd all glanced up when the girls had entered with Ryo and Cye. Mina and Serena were eyeing the food and also the guys.
"Um. Hi?" One of the guys asked sort of said in a New Yorker accent (An: I really don't think that's what is accent is, but it's the closest I can think of).
"Hi." Lita said.
Cye chuckled softly, "Girls, these are our friends; Kento, Sage, Rowan, Mia and Yulie." He grinned as the guys all sent him strange looks. "Guys, this is Raye, Amy, Serena, Lita, Mina, and Hotaru."
Ryo raised a brow at his friend's expression, it wasn't everyday they brought home girls from a walk. "They fell into the lake, well got chased into it, but we invited them home to get cleaned up." He explained.
Rowan nodded and stood, "Um. Why don't we have three go upstairs and three down?" He asked ready to show the girls the way.
"Serena and Hotaru need to get their wounds looked at first." Cye muttered before Kento could speak because he'd just jumped from his seat ready and willing to give the woman a grand tour along with help with their showers.
Ryo sighed as he watched the others sweat drop. "What?'
"You told us names but not who those names belonged to." Rowan rolled his eyes. "We need to know which ones are the ones hurt."
"That's not to hard to figure out." Sage said. He'd come around the table to stand beside Rowan. "The girl clutching her side and the other that can't stand on her own are the one's I'd say."
Ryo grinned. "Yep. Sage could you help Serena and Hotaru?" Ryo asked. The blonde raised a brow.
"Fine." He sighed brushing a blonde lock from his violet eyes. He got up and took Serena from Lita and motioned for Hotaru to follow him. Lita's eyes followed Sage as he took Ser and Taru down the hall and disappeared around a corner.
Mia stood, like the others, and smiled kindly. "If two of you would like to come with me I'll show you to a shower. Cye will you take the other two downstairs?" Cye nodded.
Mina and Lita followed Cye while Raye and Amy went with Mia upstairs. When the girls had evacuated the room Kento turned to Rowan.
"So Ro, when are these Senshi supposed to get here?" Kento asked. "I mean we sent for them awhile ago."
"Hai, we need their help. Hopefully they'll get here soon." Rowan said.
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"So a wolf did this?" Sage asked looking over Hotaru's bruise. She blushed at he lifted her shirt a little more. Even if it was to examine a cut, it was still embarrassing.
"Ya. Is it that bad?" She asked quietly.
"No, not that bad. It should heal in a few days. You need to take it easy though." His mind told him it could take a few seconds to heal if he used his power, but that was not something he was just going to use freely on people he didn't know. "Where are you going once you are all cleaned up?" Sage glanced up at her.
"Actually, I don't know. My friends and I are looking for some guys." She looked down at his blonde head.
"Any names? Maybe we could help."
"Um. we don't know their names." Hotaru sighed as her eyes traveled over the man in front of her. He was marvelously male and very very attractive. His blonde hair fell in golden waves like the sun, framing his porcelain face. His eyes were violet, a shade of bluish purple that she'd never seen, almost like a bit of silver was mixed in as well. His body was thin, though he obviously had muscles and was well built.
"How will you find them then?" He tightened the bandage on her side.
"I don't know. All I know is we need to find the Ron." Hotaru stopped herself quickly. Had she almost given that away? What if the Ronins were like the scouts in their world? Wouldn't that then be treason to them to give something, even as innocent as to say as she and her friends were looking for them, away.
Sage's eyes had leapt to hers as she'd started to say what he'd thought to be the beginning of 'Ronin Warriors'. His gaze swept over her face and his eyes caught hers. "Why are you looking for the Ronins?"
"I didn't say.."
"You were about to." Sage interrupted.
"I can't say." Hotaru played with her shirt hem trying to distract herself.
"Why are you looking for them?" Sage's eyes jumped to her lithe hands that toyed with the hem of her tattered and dirty shirt. In her own way, the girl was beautiful. Not like the leggy blondes with breast to their knees, no she was like a butterfly, lithe and swift, yet graceful and serene.
Sage watched her, distracted for a moment, then his mind kicked into function again. 'What's going on? I attract ladies by the tens and twenties when I walk into a room, and none interest me. Yet here's this small child like woman who looks at me with her twilight eyes and I'm lost like a stranded puppy in heat. What's wrong with me?' Sage sighed.
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Mina was the first done her shower and the first back into the room where they'd all first met. "Hi." She grinned as she found Cye, Kento, and Rowan sitting on the couch. Rowan was reading a book, Kento watching the tv, and Cye was flipping through a magazine.
They all glanced up at her. "Hey." Kento smiled. "Mina isn't it?"
"Hai." Mina said. She looked around ideally searching for something to do. "Um. so, is there anything I can do? Help with?"
"You can help us look for the senshi." Rowan growled, not noticing he'd said it out loud. Cye threw down the magazine and pulled Rowan out of the room.
"Excuse us." Cye faked a smile.
"Senshi?" Mina asked with a lifted brow.
"Um." Kento put a hand behind his head, "It's a long story."
Rowan grimaced as Cye bashed him verbally again on their way back into the room. "Just thank god the girl doesn't know."
"She does now." Mina said as they both turned their attention to the blonde who had Kento held by the ear. A painful look was planted firmly on his face and Cye almost pitied him, almost.
"Kento, what did you tell her?"
"Sort of. everything."
"Everything?" Rowan asked. "As in Ronin stuff?"
"Um. ya." Kento sweat dropped. "She made me!"
Rowan and Cye exchanged a look. "Ms. Mina, we're gonna have to talk with you and the other guys, somewhere where your friends can't hear." Cye said.
"Nah. It's okay." Mina smiled. "They already know bout the scout stuff. Cause we are the scouts."
Cye blinked. "Uh. ya."
"I'm Sailor Venus. Inner scout of Love and beauty. Also known as Sailor V." Saying this she let go of Kento and bowed deeply. "So you guys are the Ronin Warriors we're supposed to help?" She giggled, "Not a very good first impression of us huh?"
Kento nodded dumbly as he stared up at her. "Ya."
"I'm gonna go get the other guys now!" Rowan said and dashed up the stairs.
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"Sage!" The blonde's head whipped up as Rowan rushed into the room. "The guys and I are waiting for you in the living room. We need to talk! The girls," He muttered pointing to Hotaru, "Are the Sailor Scouts."
Hotaru blinked, "Well forgot me slipping. Who did? Mina?"
Sage blinked, "They're the scouts?"
"Hai." Rowan sighed. "We're meeting in the living room."
"Fine." Sage nodded as Rowan left the room again. He then turned his attention to Hotaru. "That why you wanted to find the Ronins?"
Hotaru blushed slightly, "Ya. So, why does it matter? And how did you and your friends know about the scouts?" She asked puzzled.
"We're the Ronins." Sage said dryly.
"Oh."
"So. what's you title as a scout? Just so I know who I'm dealing with?"
"Sailor Saturn, scout of darkness, death, destruction, life, rebirth, silence, and retribution." Hotaru sighed waiting for him to freak out.
"Darkness? Hm. I'm Sage of Halo, the Ronin of Light and Wisdom. And I take it you're not evil huh?" He chuckled.
"No." Hotaru sighed. "There's as much evil in light as there is in darkness." (An: My person quote that I say all the time!)
Sage nodded and stood up. He held out his hand and helped her up. "Shall we go back out there? Your blonde friend needs rest. She seems tired." He motioned to Serena who had fallen asleep after he'd wrapped her ankle.
Hotaru stood shakily as he released her and started to walk towards the door, then nearly fell over; thankfully Sage caught her. He picked her up and carried her to the living room where most of the others were gathered.
"So, you guys are the Senshi?" Ryo was asking.
He glanced up and narrowed his eyes. "Aren't dark and light supposed to hate one another?" He asked.
"No, that's evil and good. Light and dark are actually one and the same. They're like a balance, the perfection of the universe. It's how things how things work. One cannot exist without the other." Raye said.
Hotaru gave her friends a huge grin, "Hai, Serena and I are friends. She's the goddess of light and I'm the goddess of darkness."
The others nodded. "So do you want us to fill you in on the enemy?" Cye asked.
"Hai." Amy said. "And Taru, where's Ser?"
"Asleep." Hotaru answered.
Sage sat down in the only place available, with Hotaru sitting on his lap. Mina giggled and sent her friend a glance. "You two seem to be fast friends." Kento mused tossing them a glance.
Sage narrowed his eyes into a glare, "I don't see you making any room for anyone else to sit in the five spaces you take up."
"That was low." Kento chuckled.
"Will you two stop?" Rowan asked. After silence he continued. "We'll need the warlords here to explain it all, but since they're coming tomorrow and not now, we'll try and explain to our best."
(An: I'm just going to basically describe it, not make them comment and such, k?)
An evil calling themselves Tyco and Tanto have come from a placed called Magesta. It is a land baron of all life now thanks to their ruling of evil and death. They killed off every last life force, even the weeds. Now they've opened a portal to the Ronin's world so they can try and rule that as their own. They come with a band of Liches, Howlers, Wraiths , and Chimera .
They Ronins doubted they could defeat this enemy alone so Kyra called for Pluto for help. Pluto had told them of the Scouts and said she would send six to fight. So that's where they are now.
The inside of their home was nice, Mina decided, especially since it was full of shirtless men in their boxers. (An: I guess I have an obsession with boxers, ne? This is like the third one I've done with guys only in them.)
Three guys, one kid, and a woman sat around a table eating breakfast. They'd all glanced up when the girls had entered with Ryo and Cye. Mina and Serena were eyeing the food and also the guys.
"Um. Hi?" One of the guys asked sort of said in a New Yorker accent (An: I really don't think that's what is accent is, but it's the closest I can think of).
"Hi." Lita said.
Cye chuckled softly, "Girls, these are our friends; Kento, Sage, Rowan, Mia and Yulie." He grinned as the guys all sent him strange looks. "Guys, this is Raye, Amy, Serena, Lita, Mina, and Hotaru."
Ryo raised a brow at his friend's expression, it wasn't everyday they brought home girls from a walk. "They fell into the lake, well got chased into it, but we invited them home to get cleaned up." He explained.
Rowan nodded and stood, "Um. Why don't we have three go upstairs and three down?" He asked ready to show the girls the way.
"Serena and Hotaru need to get their wounds looked at first." Cye muttered before Kento could speak because he'd just jumped from his seat ready and willing to give the woman a grand tour along with help with their showers.
Ryo sighed as he watched the others sweat drop. "What?'
"You told us names but not who those names belonged to." Rowan rolled his eyes. "We need to know which ones are the ones hurt."
"That's not to hard to figure out." Sage said. He'd come around the table to stand beside Rowan. "The girl clutching her side and the other that can't stand on her own are the one's I'd say."
Ryo grinned. "Yep. Sage could you help Serena and Hotaru?" Ryo asked. The blonde raised a brow.
"Fine." He sighed brushing a blonde lock from his violet eyes. He got up and took Serena from Lita and motioned for Hotaru to follow him. Lita's eyes followed Sage as he took Ser and Taru down the hall and disappeared around a corner.
Mia stood, like the others, and smiled kindly. "If two of you would like to come with me I'll show you to a shower. Cye will you take the other two downstairs?" Cye nodded.
Mina and Lita followed Cye while Raye and Amy went with Mia upstairs. When the girls had evacuated the room Kento turned to Rowan.
"So Ro, when are these Senshi supposed to get here?" Kento asked. "I mean we sent for them awhile ago."
"Hai, we need their help. Hopefully they'll get here soon." Rowan said.
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"So a wolf did this?" Sage asked looking over Hotaru's bruise. She blushed at he lifted her shirt a little more. Even if it was to examine a cut, it was still embarrassing.
"Ya. Is it that bad?" She asked quietly.
"No, not that bad. It should heal in a few days. You need to take it easy though." His mind told him it could take a few seconds to heal if he used his power, but that was not something he was just going to use freely on people he didn't know. "Where are you going once you are all cleaned up?" Sage glanced up at her.
"Actually, I don't know. My friends and I are looking for some guys." She looked down at his blonde head.
"Any names? Maybe we could help."
"Um. we don't know their names." Hotaru sighed as her eyes traveled over the man in front of her. He was marvelously male and very very attractive. His blonde hair fell in golden waves like the sun, framing his porcelain face. His eyes were violet, a shade of bluish purple that she'd never seen, almost like a bit of silver was mixed in as well. His body was thin, though he obviously had muscles and was well built.
"How will you find them then?" He tightened the bandage on her side.
"I don't know. All I know is we need to find the Ron." Hotaru stopped herself quickly. Had she almost given that away? What if the Ronins were like the scouts in their world? Wouldn't that then be treason to them to give something, even as innocent as to say as she and her friends were looking for them, away.
Sage's eyes had leapt to hers as she'd started to say what he'd thought to be the beginning of 'Ronin Warriors'. His gaze swept over her face and his eyes caught hers. "Why are you looking for the Ronins?"
"I didn't say.."
"You were about to." Sage interrupted.
"I can't say." Hotaru played with her shirt hem trying to distract herself.
"Why are you looking for them?" Sage's eyes jumped to her lithe hands that toyed with the hem of her tattered and dirty shirt. In her own way, the girl was beautiful. Not like the leggy blondes with breast to their knees, no she was like a butterfly, lithe and swift, yet graceful and serene.
Sage watched her, distracted for a moment, then his mind kicked into function again. 'What's going on? I attract ladies by the tens and twenties when I walk into a room, and none interest me. Yet here's this small child like woman who looks at me with her twilight eyes and I'm lost like a stranded puppy in heat. What's wrong with me?' Sage sighed.
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Mina was the first done her shower and the first back into the room where they'd all first met. "Hi." She grinned as she found Cye, Kento, and Rowan sitting on the couch. Rowan was reading a book, Kento watching the tv, and Cye was flipping through a magazine.
They all glanced up at her. "Hey." Kento smiled. "Mina isn't it?"
"Hai." Mina said. She looked around ideally searching for something to do. "Um. so, is there anything I can do? Help with?"
"You can help us look for the senshi." Rowan growled, not noticing he'd said it out loud. Cye threw down the magazine and pulled Rowan out of the room.
"Excuse us." Cye faked a smile.
"Senshi?" Mina asked with a lifted brow.
"Um." Kento put a hand behind his head, "It's a long story."
Rowan grimaced as Cye bashed him verbally again on their way back into the room. "Just thank god the girl doesn't know."
"She does now." Mina said as they both turned their attention to the blonde who had Kento held by the ear. A painful look was planted firmly on his face and Cye almost pitied him, almost.
"Kento, what did you tell her?"
"Sort of. everything."
"Everything?" Rowan asked. "As in Ronin stuff?"
"Um. ya." Kento sweat dropped. "She made me!"
Rowan and Cye exchanged a look. "Ms. Mina, we're gonna have to talk with you and the other guys, somewhere where your friends can't hear." Cye said.
"Nah. It's okay." Mina smiled. "They already know bout the scout stuff. Cause we are the scouts."
Cye blinked. "Uh. ya."
"I'm Sailor Venus. Inner scout of Love and beauty. Also known as Sailor V." Saying this she let go of Kento and bowed deeply. "So you guys are the Ronin Warriors we're supposed to help?" She giggled, "Not a very good first impression of us huh?"
Kento nodded dumbly as he stared up at her. "Ya."
"I'm gonna go get the other guys now!" Rowan said and dashed up the stairs.
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"Sage!" The blonde's head whipped up as Rowan rushed into the room. "The guys and I are waiting for you in the living room. We need to talk! The girls," He muttered pointing to Hotaru, "Are the Sailor Scouts."
Hotaru blinked, "Well forgot me slipping. Who did? Mina?"
Sage blinked, "They're the scouts?"
"Hai." Rowan sighed. "We're meeting in the living room."
"Fine." Sage nodded as Rowan left the room again. He then turned his attention to Hotaru. "That why you wanted to find the Ronins?"
Hotaru blushed slightly, "Ya. So, why does it matter? And how did you and your friends know about the scouts?" She asked puzzled.
"We're the Ronins." Sage said dryly.
"Oh."
"So. what's you title as a scout? Just so I know who I'm dealing with?"
"Sailor Saturn, scout of darkness, death, destruction, life, rebirth, silence, and retribution." Hotaru sighed waiting for him to freak out.
"Darkness? Hm. I'm Sage of Halo, the Ronin of Light and Wisdom. And I take it you're not evil huh?" He chuckled.
"No." Hotaru sighed. "There's as much evil in light as there is in darkness." (An: My person quote that I say all the time!)
Sage nodded and stood up. He held out his hand and helped her up. "Shall we go back out there? Your blonde friend needs rest. She seems tired." He motioned to Serena who had fallen asleep after he'd wrapped her ankle.
Hotaru stood shakily as he released her and started to walk towards the door, then nearly fell over; thankfully Sage caught her. He picked her up and carried her to the living room where most of the others were gathered.
"So, you guys are the Senshi?" Ryo was asking.
He glanced up and narrowed his eyes. "Aren't dark and light supposed to hate one another?" He asked.
"No, that's evil and good. Light and dark are actually one and the same. They're like a balance, the perfection of the universe. It's how things how things work. One cannot exist without the other." Raye said.
Hotaru gave her friends a huge grin, "Hai, Serena and I are friends. She's the goddess of light and I'm the goddess of darkness."
The others nodded. "So do you want us to fill you in on the enemy?" Cye asked.
"Hai." Amy said. "And Taru, where's Ser?"
"Asleep." Hotaru answered.
Sage sat down in the only place available, with Hotaru sitting on his lap. Mina giggled and sent her friend a glance. "You two seem to be fast friends." Kento mused tossing them a glance.
Sage narrowed his eyes into a glare, "I don't see you making any room for anyone else to sit in the five spaces you take up."
"That was low." Kento chuckled.
"Will you two stop?" Rowan asked. After silence he continued. "We'll need the warlords here to explain it all, but since they're coming tomorrow and not now, we'll try and explain to our best."
(An: I'm just going to basically describe it, not make them comment and such, k?)
An evil calling themselves Tyco and Tanto have come from a placed called Magesta. It is a land baron of all life now thanks to their ruling of evil and death. They killed off every last life force, even the weeds. Now they've opened a portal to the Ronin's world so they can try and rule that as their own. They come with a band of Liches, Howlers, Wraiths , and Chimera .
They Ronins doubted they could defeat this enemy alone so Kyra called for Pluto for help. Pluto had told them of the Scouts and said she would send six to fight. So that's where they are now.
