Chapter 6: Death of old life gives way to a new life

"I have to go back to my home." Mona said after returning with the Seasonals to the waiting Element Ronins and after Sage healed her arm. "To speak with my mother, if I suddenly disapper she is going to have a heart attack." She said shurgging to seem casual, she didn't like being in this place half expecting another Dynasty goon to show up. And being the only girl here doesn't help the matter. She thought to herself. "Alright, but one of us should ..."

"No." Mona stopped Cye in his tracks. "No, I should go alone. It is going to be hard as heck explianing why I have to leave but add one of you guys and I won't be getting out of that house." She said. "Why?" Sage asked in surprise. "One thing my mother and I share: we don't trust a lot of people." She answered, she noticed Rowen was giving her a look over. "You don't trust us do you?" He asked. "You saved my life and I'm here aren't I?" Mona asked to deflect the question.

"But do you trust us?" Rowen asked again, Mona look him directly in the eyes. "You saved my life, I owe the eight of you that much and you didn't hurt me when I ran, you even healed my wound. I would trust you to fight with you but as a person ... no I do not trust you or your friends." She answered turthfully, Rowen looked at her thoughtfully. "Then preharps after you know us better." He said. "Preharps, preharps not." Mona repiled shifting her backpack from one shoulder to another.

"I have to go, I'll meet you guys back here." She said. "How do we know you won't run?" Kento asked, Cye elbowed him in the ribs but Mona shurgged. "I don't think I'm that carzy. But if you don't trust me then you have my word of honor, I won't try to run." She said, Ryo nodded.

"Your word of honor. Meet us back here in a hour." He said, Mona nodded. "Alright, in an hour." She said and left. "You think she will keep her word?" Sage asked, Ryo nodded. "Yea I do, maybe it is in the armor but she holds honor like Anubis did. She will keep her word." He said wacthing the figure walk away.

Mona walked catiously coming into her neighborhood, she lived in an open space that would be prefect for an attack. Amazing what nearly being captured or killed can do to you huh Hope? She thought to herself, Hope was her birth name but she went by Mona after she came out of her coma.

Now to get some things, talk to my mother and join back up with the Ronins. She thought to herself as she came in sight of the house. Mona stopped in her tracks seeing the sight before her. "Oh no." She said.

An hour and thiry mintues later ..... "No sign of her?" Rowen asked Kento. "Nope, I told you she'ld run." He said, Cale shot him a look. "Maybe she was held up." He said, Kento was about to reply when ... "Quiet! I hear something." Ryo hissed looking into the woods, it was almost sun set so it was getting dark in the woods. He made out a lone figure walking to them, he couldn't see the person's face but he knew who it was.

"It's her." He said to his friends as Mona walked over to them. Cye did a double take seeing her, there was some small cuts on her arms and her face looked alittle on the red side like she been crying. "What happen?" he asked, Mona looked at the ground.

"They got her." Was all she said, the Ronins exchanged looks of confusion. "The Dynasty, they attacked my home, I guess it wasn't long after I left you guys and my mother ... my mother ..." Mona stopped shaking her head unable to say anymore but she didn't need to. "She's dead?" Seckmeht asked.

"I don't know, I couldn't find a body, the house was total though." Mona said. "If she was captured they won't ...?" She stopped at the looks on the Ronins faces answering the questions she didn't want to ask. Mona took a shakly breath turning her back to the Ronins.

She slammed a fist aganist one of the trees near them, if it hurt her she took no notice leaning her forhead aganist the bark of the tree, her breathing coming in smothered gasps of air trying to calm down. Cye stepped up but Seckmeht stopped him from going to Mona. "Hold on, she'll calm down. Allow her to keep her dignity." He said, Cye shot him a look but by then Mona was getting contorl over herself. She straightened her spine and turned to face the Ronins, her face calm but her eyes burning with anger.

"We need to leave, this place is not safe." She said lifting her backpack onto her shoulders, missing the exchange of questioning look between the Ronins. "You're right. Come on." Ryo said as they walked away, Mona kept up with them keeping slient, though she tried to seem calm she couldn't hide her anger. Angery and alone. Like we was when we was teens. Seckmeht thought glancing back at the bearer of Cruelty.

The Ronins just beat the darkness as they came to the Koji manor, out came a ten year old boy with black hair and baby blue eyes. "Guys, you are back!" Yuli said running over to the Ronins. "Of crouse." Ryo said ruffling his hair, Yuli looked at Mona. "Who's the girl?" He asked. "Yuli this is Mona, the bearer of the armor of Cruelty. Mona this is Yuli." Cye introuduced the two. "Nice to meet you Yuli." Mona said to the young boy sticking out her hand, Yuli looked at her for a few moments then shook her hand.

"Like wise. But I thought you guys said the bearer of Cruelty was a boy." Yuli said to the Ronins, Mona raised an eyebrow. "Was my diguse that good?" She asked, the Ronins wisely kept qiuet as Mia, White Blaze and Kayura. Mona noticed the two women but her eyes was on the tiger.

"You didn't say anything about a tiger." She taking a step back. "Yes we did, that is White Blaze." Ryo said looking at the white tiger that was looking croiusly at Mona. "He won't hurt you." Kento said seeing the look on Mona's face, as if to confrim what he said White Blaze rubbed aganist Mona, Mona looked down at the tiger and hestinatly petted him, when White Blaze did not do anything she scarthed him behind the ears like a small cat.

"Affectionate beast." She said and noticed Ryo was staring at her. "What?" She asked, Ryo shook his head. "Nothing." She said, Mona looked at him for a few moments then shurgged turning her atteion to Mia and Kayura. Ryo looked at White Blaze. You remember too huh White Blaze? What she called you was the same thing Anubis called you when he was on our side. He thought to his tiger as Mia and Kayura spoke with Mona.

"So you found the armor this moring?" Kayura asked. "More like it found me." Mona repiled, Kayura nodded. "Then it is you who bears the armor. How old are you?" Kayura asked. "Just turned fifteen." Mona repiled. "Your parents know that you bear the armor?" Mia asked, Mona shook her head. "I'm an opharn." She said, Sage looked at her. "I thought you said ..." "The woman that gave birth to me died when I was nine, I was adopted not long after." She said to Sage.

"What about the your father?" Mia asked. "My also father died when I was nine. And the Dynasty attacked my adopted mother .... I ... I do not know if she was captured or killed during the attack." She said, Mia winced. "I'm sorry." She said. "It is alright, it is not your fault. Only the Dynasty's." Mona reassured her qiuckly. Mia nodded. "Come on, I'll show you to a room you can use." She said, Mona obediently followed her. Here we go. She thought to herself.

The next moring ..... Mona was up with the birds and dressed in comfortable faded blue jeans and a red blouse, she pulled her hair back into a high ponytail and waited until the Ronins was up and walking around before she came down. She saw Ryo and Sage talking with Yuli, Yuli was the first to see her.

"Moring Mona." He said. "Moring." She greeted the three coming down the stair lighty and walked outside. Mona leaned aganist a wall looking outside. Over the night it had rained and things looked ... renewed. All this would be destory if the Dynasty won. She thought to herself and knew this was her new life.
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Hey Lady Icefire here first I like to say I did not own the Ronin Warriors but I own the
new charaters and the plot of this story so no copying. Also I like to give credit to my
friend Harry for helping me with this story, he deserves a lot of credit. And I ask that you
please read and response, I accept all criticism and compliments.