Finding the Chosen Ones
Chapter 2: Firepower
Authors Note: Ryo is introduced finally. It took me a while to figure what Ryo's character would be. I'm writing this as I go along.
"Uhhh, Mia. Where are we going?" Anubis asked.
"Anubis, will you shut up?" Mia retorted.
"Sooooorrry. What's got you ticked?" he asked.
"Gomen, Anubis. Just frustrated," she sighed, "Why don't we find a place to rest."
"Finally, praise the lord. My feet are killing me, right White Blaze?" White Blaze roared in response. That turned a few heads.
Mia sighed. She searched up and down the little village and she still didn't find the power again. 'Am I even in the right place?' she thought in distress.
They finally found a small hotel where they could rent a room when Mia felt the fire again. She turned around and saw four boys her age in a fight. One was wearing ragged clothes while the others where quite rich and obviously obnoxious and immature.
'It couldn't be any of them,' she thought sadly after watching them, and she slowly walked away. 'This is going to be impossible.'
They bought their new rooms which wasn't that bad considering thy slept on the ground last time. She fell on the lumpy bed exhausted. All her powers worth couldn't find the power again and she did not know how to use the necklace.
'Maybe I'm doing this all wrong. Oh monk, please help me. Finding the chosen ones is too hard for me…' With those words she fell asleep.
Outside a few feet from the hotel were Mia looked before was the four boys again.
"HA HA HA HAH HA! Look at the poor boy, working so hard!" laughed William pointing at a black haired boy who was begging for money.
"Doggy want a biscuit?" asked Alex smiling tossing a few crumbs of stale bread at him.
"Hey beggar boy," said Mike waving a coin in front of the black haired boy, "I'll give you a penny if you'll lick the mud off my boots."
"First off, my name is Ryo. And second shut-up," Ryo said growing red.
"What a snappy come back bugger-boy. I didn't know you could afford a name," Mike said grinning like a cat putting back the penny, "looks like no penny for you. Oh well, you wouldn't know what do to with all the money."
"My name ain't bugger boy. And you don't need money for a name, fat boy. Obviously you didn't know that," Ryo said getting angry.
Mike got angry at the fat boy comment and was about to snap at him but Alex stopped him.
"You know what. 'Ryo' is right. You don't need money for a name. You just need parents. So I guess he can have a name," said Alex smiling.
"Yeah," said William catching on," No, wait. That won't work. He doesn't have that, neither."
"Yeah," said Mike finally catching on (he's a little slow), "His parents didn't want'em".
At this Ryo saw red and he lunged out at the boys. "What the ^&%$?" cried out Mike as a fist sailed right to his face. Mike fell down at the impact, and his nose was broken.
"That's for the comment, fat-boy. And another to live off of," he said his left arm went up about to punch but Alex grabbed his arm and threw Ryo to the down.
"I don't think so beggar," he said angrily. Ryo quickly recovered and tackled him. Ryo got on top of him and starting punching him with all his might. William grabbed him from behind and tugged him off of Alex. Alex got up, a little dizzy from the punches.
"Oh, you are going to wish you that never been born after I'm done," Alex smiled, "And when I am done, I'll make you lick the sidewalk until it is sparkling clean, but with no penny."
Alex punched one fist then another; right on Ryo's stomach while Mike held him. Ryo tried to break free from William's grip but it was impossible, and Ryo was wearing out from the punches.
"You like that poor boy?" Alex whispered after he was finished beating him, "You beggar. No one likes you, no one ever will, there is no place for you. No wonder your parents left you for dead; they couldn't stand to look at your face."
Ryo was so angry at these words, he felt him gaining strength. In the depths of his soul, he felt a warm power in his heart, like fire. He felt this before earlier today; when he felt like someone was searching for him. The fire grew large and Ryo no longer felt the pain.
"ARG! Alex he's hot!" yelled William letting go of him. Ryo whirled around and punched him strait on his face. With that one hit, William was flung across the street with a broken jaw. Alex backed away after seeing William but Ryo ran up to him and kicked his stomach. Alex crouched down in pain and Ryo grabbed his hair and pulled his head up.
"You listen to me, 'rich' boy. I never want to see you again. Moreover, if I hear you give another one a hard time, I will hunt you down and sweep the street with your head. For free even," Ryo said roughly in his ear, "I would spit on you if I didn't have enough respect for the saliva in my mouth." With that he threw Alex on Mike with one hand and walked away. As he walked away, he felt the fire die down but he once again felt like someone was searching for him…
Mia could feel the fire again, and it was flaring.
'So close,' Mia thought reaching out for it. 'I am in the right place. Oh monk, make him come here. He's so close, I can feel the fire.' She watched the fire go and slowly vanish.
"NO PLEASE! DON'T LEAVE ME," she cried out holding out her arms, "Balaria needs you. Please stay." The fire completely vanished and Mia broke down crying.
"Don't despair princess. The power is still there, but he is no longer using it." The monk said appearing. "…" "I have come with a warning, Mia-chan. You must not tell any of your position of Queen. You must make them join as Mia alone. You must also pretend you know nothing of his powers and you must not tell him of the quest," he said.
'WHAT? How will I get him to join?' she cried despairingly.
'Princess you will find a way.'
'…'
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Mia woke up with a gasp. "White Blaze, he is here. In this village, I felt him. Come let's go," Mia said jumping up. She was fully clothed because she fell asleep immediately when she fell on the bed. She started to walk towards the door but White Blaze stopped her.
"White Blaze?" she asked hesitantly. All White Blaze did was look at sleeping Anubis and Mia nodded. " I got you Blaze boy," she said in a hushed tone, "I'll wait till morning. Mia sat down on the bed and waited until morning.
"OK that's long enough the sun has risen. ANUBIS WE ARE LEAVING NOW!"
"Wha? Its only dawn, Mia go away."
"Wake up or I will kick you were the sun don't shine," Mia said threateningly.
"OK, OK, OK I get the point,' he said stretching and yawning, "No need to huffy on me know."
"I'm not getting huffy, now lets hurry up and go," Mia said. Anubis took a long time to get up and he went to the bathroom for what seemed like ages.
Mia got angry and started pounding on the door.
"Anubis, you in there?"
"*Snort* huh? Oh yeah, I'm just…"
"Wasting time," she finished for him, "Get your lazy but off the toilet and lets head out!" Anubis finally did get out and they paid the hotel. "We're running low on cash," he informed her.
"Money is not an issue," she said simply walking out of the doors. She closed her eyes and summoned the image of her image from the dream.
"WERE IS THAT BOY!" cried an old man behind them, interrupting Mia's meditation.
"Huh..." Anubis said. Mia saw three out of the four boys from before.
"I swear he hit me for no reason," said the red head, " I was going to give him some of my money when, BAM, he hit me."
"Yeah that boy is pure evil, that beggar," piped up the blond haired one.
Mia frowned. She did not like people judging people by money. She saw those boys pick a fight with that other boy. It was more of that social class business and it was ticking Mia off. It was disgusting how they raved about the boy hurting them, I mean two against three. "They deserved it," Mia muttered darkly under her breath.
"I bet he was a witch," said the tall browned haired kid.
"Oh please," Mia said under her breath, "I felt no such powers around here. The boy is making a production over a small thing." Mia motioned Anubis to leave with her.
"I think he was a fire witch."
Mia stopped short.
"I felt him burn me when I tried to stop him from punching Alex," said the blond haired one.
"Fire," Mia whispered, "that boy was the one I was looking for."
"A witch now!" cried an over weight woman who was obviously the red head's mother, "Now we got to do something. We cant have beggars on our street especially if their witches."
The group nodded and shouted, "FIND THE WITCH, RYO!" They all cried at once.
"No," she whispered. She knew what happened to people that were suspected to witches, it wasn't a pretty sight.
"Anubis," she said turning sharply to face him, " I want you to distract them, while I find the boy named Ryo."
"How do I stop a mob?" he asked incredulously.
"For heaven's sake think of something. You have a white tiger with you, improvise." She said running.
'OK necklace do your thing,' she thought, 'I need to find him.' She felt nothing and she knew there was no way it was going to help her. 'OK the dream showed me that the fire was leaving… LEFT!' She turned left, 'I left the wrong way. I hope I find him before they do.'
Mia ran blindly when, "Fire?" She saw a boy starting a fire, the same one with black hair.
"Excuse me, are you Ryo?" she asked the boy. He jumped a mile high and looked back.
"If you are angry about Will, and Alex, and Mike, it wasn't my fault. So go away," Ryo said angrily before she could say anything.
"Oh… is that there name? Listen, I believe you when you say it's not your fault," Mia said sitting down next to him.
"… You do?"
"Yeah I saw them trying to pick a fight with you," Mia said smiling, "I'm not big on judging people just because of social status."
"…" "
"But there are others… They think you're a witch."
"To bad witches aren't found in this area," Ryo pointed out.
"Try telling them," Mia laughed shortly, "Still it's not saf…"
"THERE HE IS," Someone cried out.
"WITCH!" screamed the other. A crowd of people swamped them. Mia could see the three boys smile in satisfaction at the fear in Ryo's eyes. Ryo got in a fighting position ready to defend himself against the towns-people.
'He can't fight them off by themselves without hurting them,' she thought scared. As by instinct she jumped in front of Ryo who looked surprised.
"Stay away from him," Mia said angrily, "You have nothing against him."
"He's a poor beggar who is a witch," said one of the towns-people.
"Bull, you know he's not. You just want a reason to hate him."
Ryo stared at her, 'why is she sticking up for me?'
"Out of the way girl," said a male, who seemed to be the leader, grabbing Mia but stopped when he heard a roar.
White Blaze jumped between and showed all his very LARGE and POINTY teeth.
"You had better leave them alone if you know what's good for you," Anubis said from the back of the crowd. They all looked from Anubis, to Mia, to Ryo, to White Blaze, and then they all left grumbling. Mia breathed again.
"… Thank you Ms… Mr.… um…" Ryo stuttered.
"No need for formalities," Mia said smiling, "I'm as old as you."
Anubis nodded, "I'm Anubis and this is," pointing to Mia, "Mia and the big one is White Blaze." White Blaze walked up to him and purred. At first Ryo was scared, but he later smiled when he realized it was acting like a kitten.
"I wouldn't recommend going back there," Anubis said sticking his hand out for him to shake.
"I know but I have no where else to go," Ryo said sadly shaking his hand.
'This is it! I can get him to join,' Mia thought joyfully, "Why not come with us?"
"What?" Anubis and Ryo echoed together. "Why not? You have nowhere else to go and we could use another person around."
Ryo paused thinking about it. "Is it all right with you?" he asked Anubis. He shrugged, "Why not. I enjoy talking to sane people for once."
"Anubis you will die for that," Mia said.
Ryo smiled, "Looks like I'm coming."
"Let me warn you, the trip isn't easy," Mia said.
"Where we going?" Ryo asked.
"No where and everywhere," Anubis said shrugging, "Mia calls the shots." Mia smiled, 'One down four to go. Balaria here I come.'
Authors notes: Ha! Ryo kicked their puney buts. ^-^. I'm sorry, I'm getting into my story. It was longer then chapter 1 oh well. Chaptering is confusing. In this story there is a mix of present time and past, it is a different dimension so don't get confused!
Oh yeah possibilites for Mia are: Ryo and Sage. I did Rowen last time. Sorry Rowen/Mia fans. I like variety.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Ronin Warriors/ Samurai Troopers, the belong to a company called Sunrise, I think.
