Chapter 31: New Beginnings

Two months later

"Now where is it?" Hope asked and looked under her bed bumping her head when someone knocked on the door. "Missing something?" Cale asked holding Hope's locket in his hand. "There it is! I have been looking for it everywhere." She said and reached to take it but Cale pulled back. "Uh, uh Hope. Now I found this in the living room, seems to me you don't want it that much." He said. "Oh come on Uncle Cale!" Hope said jumping for the locket but Cale had the advangted of being taller then his young neice.

Cale grinned without any remorse. "And I should give it back to you because?" He asked. "Because I asked you so nicely.And I am your only niece." She said sweetly, Cale raised an eybrow at her and she sighed. "Come on Uncle Cale, please." She asked. He nodded. "Now that is better. One thing though, I want you to open it."

"Open it?" Hope asked confused, cacthing the locket as he tossed it to her. When Cale only nodded Hope raised her eyebrows in confusion but did as told and looked inside her locket. What she saw surprised even her, before her locket had been empty since she had no pictures to pick in it but now in the locket was a picture of the nine ronins, Mia, White Blaze, Kayura and Yuli. "I remember the locket being empty when we left if for you to find so with Mia and the others help your other uncles and I had something put in there." Cale said, Hope grinned and put her locket around her neck. "Now I will always wear it with pride. I got my family in it." She said. Cale nodded and left grinning as well.

Later that day Hope sat on a tree branch, wacthing the sun set and thinking. Since the defeat of Daemon two months ago things had changed. Hope was offically put under the joint custody of her uncles after Ami's 'disapperance' and she now was a premant member of the Koji manor, Kayura went back to the Dynasty and her uncles stayed there off and on they also made their home at the Koji manor though there was some trouble with Daemon's warlords, they escaped after their master's death and everyone knew they probaly hadn't seen the last of them.

Anubis and Mia had started a relationship and last week Anubis asked Mia for her hand in marriage to which she agreed. The other Ronins took a few shots at Anubis for being the first of the Seasonals to 'get tied down' with Anubis's relatation of humilating them if and when they married.

Hope grinned in memory, she and the elemental Ronins had grown very close, they was the older brothers she never had though if she wanted to talk it was with Cye, she trusted him most because he was the first one to extent the hand of friendship to her and kept her secerts. Though at times she wondered if she was imaging it, it seemed that even the two teams was growing close, like brothers to one another. I am lucky to have them. Hope thought to herself.

"Hope! Hey Hope! Time to come on in! It's time to eat!" She heard Rowen call to her and she thought about how scared she was months ago when she first met the Ronins, yet in stipe of the fears, fights, tears and pains she encountered as a Ronin and as a young adult she had done alright.

She still felt scared and had her worries but she knew now she had others she could depend on to help her face them, people she could love and trust as a family. Hope jumped off the branch, it was frightening in a way, plunging into empty air but she knew she land safetly and her life was full of new beginnings distipe what hardships and troubles she might face.

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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 ot of credit. And I ask that you please read and response, I accept all criticism and compliments.