Chapter3

DISCLAIMER: I still don't own anything aside form the plot line of this story and when and where things take place within it.

Author's Note: Ok, I'm getting creative with the set up of Mia's living room so please don't flame me for it. Other than that, Anubis (Shuten) is a ghost here and haunts Mai's house. If you don't like the idea, then don't read. And for those who are curious, the Warlords don't really remember that they once tried to court Mia is a past life because it is not relevant at this point.
Mia's scream woke the inhabitants of the Koji mansion and sent them all running to her room. The first to arrive was Ryo. His room was the next door down making him the closet.

Poking his head in the door, the black haired young man called to his friend. "Mia! Are you o-" The rest of his words were cut off as he caught sight of the red haired woman thrashing on the bed. He would have rushed to her side to wake her up had it not been for the arrival of two of the other residents.

"Whoa, sorry, Ryo, I didn't see you there. What's wrong with Mia?" Kento shoved a hand through his ash colored hair, his eyes widening as he caught sight of Mia. "Shouldn't we do something to help her?"

His friend Cye, who was behind him shoved on his back. "There are other concerned people out here who would like to make sure no one is attacking their friend." He said irritably. Kento flushed a bit and moved out of the way to reveal several more people. One was a young man with blue hair and eyes to match rubbing his head while glaring at another young man with blonde hair and grayish-violet eyes. Behind them were three slightly older men. Leaning against the wall was one with had blue hair and a scar under one eye (sorry, I forgot which eye it was). Next to him was a man with white hair and an eye patch. Lastly was a man with green hair and wide eyes.

"If you are all done glaring at Kento, a little help would be nice." Said a feminine voice. Sometime during the glaring, Kayura had gotten to the bed and was attempting to hold Mia down with Ryo's help. The rest rushed in and grabbed hold any place they could.

"No! You can't die! No!" Mia screamed.

Kayura cursed under her breathe. "We have to wake her up. You guys keep holding her down." Kayura grabbed the other woman's shoulders and began to shake her. "Mia! Wake up! No one's going to kill anyone!" The thrashing continued. Kayura cursed again and muttered an apology. SMACK! The sound of a hand cracking against a cheek echoed throughout the room, stunning the males.

"Wha? WHO HIT ME?" Mia had been snapped out of her nightmare by a stinging pain on her face. She looked at her friends gathered around her bed in shock.

"I did it, Mia," Kayura said. "It was the only way to wake you up. You were thrashing around and nearly caused some people some pain."

Before Kayura could continue, a small voice piped up. "Guys, is Mia ok? Can I see her now?" The crowd parted to reveal Yuli, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes with a hand clutching the stripped fur of a white tiger. Blue eyes blinked at the scene in front of him as he walked up to the bed and crawled in beside the person he had come to see as a mother figure. "You ok, Mia?"

Mia nodded and put an arm around Yulie. "Yes, it was just a bad dream." The others in the room gave her a look that could only be read as 'bull' which she ignored. She did plan on telling them, but not with Yulie in the room. "Come on, let's get me some warm milk and then we'll go back to bed." Then look on her face said she would talk to her friends later. Oblivious to the expressions on his older 'siblings' faces, Yulie led the way to the kitchen, rambling off a list of things his mom used to tell him whenever he had a bad dream.

A few moments later saw Yulie tucked back into bed with White Blaze curled up next to him. The tiger, who they all suspected knew more than he let on, would alert them if anything happened. Now in the living room, Mia sat on one of the sofas flanked by Kayura and Cye. Ryo, Sage, and Cale occupied the sofa to the right while Sekhmet and Dais took the floor. Kento sat in the armchair to the left. All were still in their sleeping clothes and created quite a picture.

Mia nervously toyed with the belt of her robe. She knew she had to stop stalling or one of them would try to force it out of her. "I had a nightmare. It started off ok, but in the end Sage and Anubis were fighting and Anubis killed Sage." Nine sets of eyes flew to a dark corner where the resident ghost resided.

The red haired young man looked at them all and stated. "I was nowhere near her room and I have done nothing to Sage that would warrant such a dream."

Mia cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "I wasn't done. Sage had black hair. Rowen and Ryo were in it too, and so were all of you." Here she looked at each of the Season Warriors in turn. Only Rowen had blonde hair, Dais had both eyes, and Cale was more lean.And Sekhmet eye's didn't look as reptilian." At her words the four Seasons looked alarmed.

"Mia," Dais said slowly. "What were you doing in this dream?"

Mia looked down and suddenly blushed. "Sneaking out of my home to meet someone I was not supposed to. It's probably nothing more than a flashback form the war and nothing to worry about, so let's leave it at that, ok? I'm going back to bed." Mia stood up and climbed the stairs to her room. Everyone else stayed where they were until they heard the door close with a soft 'click'. Assured that Mia was asleep, the Ronins and Kayura turned to the Seasons.

*Anyone think I'm going too fast? I couldn't think of any other way to alert the others to the fact that something's going on. And don't worry, I'll get to explaining where everyone else's connection to Mia arose from in the next couple of chapters. I'll also answer the question of why exactly Mia is beginning to remember all of this as well.