Chapter 16: Confessions
I paced around parying my three friends was alright. " Serenea you keep pacing and you'll wear a hole in the ground." Rowen wraned but to no avial I didn't stop pacing untill I saw Harry come out of the tent. " Are Ryo, Kayura and Sage going to be okay?" I asked the seacond he got to us. " Yes they each took a nasty blow, I think Ryo got the worse of the three. The warlords know how important he is to the team so he got the worse of it. Unfortanly Kaurya and Sage are recovering as while so he has to heal on his own." I thought for a moment knowing the risk. "Kayura and Sage are well enough to be on their feet in a few days but Ryo the one who in big trouble?" I asked, Harry nodded, I made a decision. "Put Ryo in a tent. I can heal myself and others, Sage and Kaurya will be well soon without my help but Ryo wouldn't. So I'll heal him." I said in a tone of voice that made it clear that I would not be taking no for an answer on this matter.
"Alright, we'll move Kaurya and Sage to another tent, there not enough room for the three of them and then you can go ahead Serenea." Harry said I nodded and sat to wait, gald I didn't have to explain a few details, White Blaze who had just came out of the tent butted his head agansit my shoulder. When I looked up at him I think he knew what I was about to do. "You know alot more then we think you do huh, White Blaze?" I asked to the oversized cat as I petted him. Later that day I was looking down at a unconsince Ryo. "I'm so sorry Ryo. But maybe I can help." I said kneeling beside him and place my left hand over his chest and contreced on giving him my engery to heal. I lost my balance and almostfell back from giving alittle too much engery but someone stopped me, I looked up at Harry.
"It drain your engery doesn't it?" He asked, I nodded. "Why did you do it? If you know it would hurt you." "I have too, anyway it doesn't drain that much engery." I said standing up then I asked something that had been on my mind. "Harry may I stay with Ryo? In case something happens or he wakes up." I qiuckly added. "Yea you can stay but you have to come out to eat when it time for dinner." He said to me and left while I sat down beside Ryo and leaning agansit the side of the tent and without meaning to fell asleep. I felt someone shaking me and something wet cross my cheek, White Blaze and Saber was trying to wake me up. "Sorry guys I must have doze off." I said to the both of them, and followed them outside.
"Hey Serenea where did you disapper too?" Kento asked me and I realized out Harry didn't say anything about my request to the others. "I thought it best that Serenea stay with Ryo. She is a healer so I asked her to stay incase he wakes up or something happens." Harry said, I looked at him shocked, he saw the look and smiled at me. I returned the smile gratful he didn't tell the others, I knew excatly what they would say. But when the food was served I ate it with out much interest. But I saw the look Cye and Harry was both giving me and ate qiuckly then left qiuckly returning to the tent Ryo was in.
That night Saber was out walking he just talked to Anubis they both couldn't sleep, too restless but then Saber heard a muffled sound coming from one of the tent he went to investagate. " Talpa leave them alone, don't hurt my friends!" Ryo said in his sleep but then Saber notice something else. "No Talpa leave Ryo and the others alone!" He heard me say, I was leaning aganist the side of the tent asleep. They are having the same dream! But from diffrent view ponit, Ryo from his own eyes and Serenea from the outside of the battle. "Serenea come on wake up." Saber said shaking me, I woke disortanted but then when I saw where I was I trembled. "I ... I saw Talpa. He had absorbed the Seasonals and all the Ronins but Ryo, he attacked Ryo and I couldn't stop him!" I said taking a deep breath to calm my shaken nerves. "No, my friends I failed you." Ryo said still dreaming I wanted to wake him up but something that would not be a wise idea. I squezze his hand as comfort as the dream finally passed.
"This is getting worse Saber. Frist I saw his battle aganist Anubis, and when the warlords blasted him I also felt his pain, then I could sense where Ryo was when he was blasted and now we are sharing the same dream." I said to Saber. "You should rest, I'll talk to Anubis, he's also awake." "I'll come with you. Ryo is resting and I like to know why this has connetion got so strong." I said standing up and leaving then White Blaze came in as we started to leave. "White Blaze wacth over him." I whispered to him as we walked out.
We both found Anubis talking to Mia. "What are they doing?" I asked then I saw something I thought I never see, they both was talking and then they kissed each other full on the lips. I was surprised I didn't think those two cared for each other but then thinking back I saw how they acted around each other. "I think we better come back later." I said to Saber, he nodded. "Maybe you should go back to sleep, we'll talk to one of the others in the moring." Saber said, I nodded and went back to the tent but I stayed up not wanting to see if I would dream about the Dynasty Wars.
The next moring, Harry came to the tent that Ryo and I were staying in. He knocked quietly on the tent flap to let me know he was there. "How are the two of you doing?" he asked. "Ryo's sleeping, but he's still pretty weak. Me, I'm doing fine." I said, but not very convinceingly as I went outside to get some breakfast. "Man, Serenea you look like you pull a all nighter. When did you go to sleep?" Rowen asked me as I came to breakfast, I looked away shurgging. "I didn't sleep much last night." "The nightmare again?" Saber asked looking over at me across from where he was eating breakfast. "What nightmare?" Kento asked everyone else seem interested too, so I told them after they bugged me enough.
"It getting worse or better depends on how you look at it." I said looking toward the tent where Ryo was still sleeping. "Normally I say it your armors connection but now I'm not sure." "Kayura! Sage! What are you two doing up? You both should be resting to regain your streange." I said standing up, everyone raised eyebrows. "Talk about turning the table." I heard Cye say under his breath. "We're fine Serenea, Ryo is not." Kayura said, I didn't agure I knew it was almost impposible to agure and win agansit Kayura.
"I've been doing some mediation with the staff, and I think that I have some idea as to what is going on with the two of you. The connection that the two of you are feeling is not just due to the armor. It's more of a link on a spirtual level. You two are the equivelant of soulmates. That is why the two of you seem to know what the other is doing or feeling." said the last member of the Ancient Clan. I felt my cheeks flare and I knew I was blushing out of embrassment. "Kayura there got to be another reason. This connection get weirder by the moment and something going on with my armor ... it got to be for a different reason."
Kayura stood up. "The staff seems to think that there is some sort of spirtual link between the two of you. Perhaps you might have some special insight into it that I was unable to get from the mystic staff?" "No I don't." I said and I got up to leave qiuckly, feeling foolish. "Serenea, what is it? Is there something going on that we need to know about?" asked a quiet but worried mentor of mine. "You know me Harry, I have a tough time admitting things to others." I said, trying to deflect the direction of his questioning. "Admiting what? So there is something?" Kayura asked and I found I just spoke too much. "No, there nothing." I said and turn to leave. "Sis, if there is something going on, would you let us know?" asked my brother, Cye of the Torrent. I just kept walking out the tent flap, heading outside. "Serenea!" yelled Cye, as he tried to follow me, but was stopped by Harry. "Let her go Cye. When she is ready to talk, she'll talk, If we try and force it, she'll just bottle it up even more than before." he said in a calm, knowing voice.
I walked into the tent where Ryo resting. I sat down and rested, how long I was asleep I didn't know but I lifted my head from my arms I looked at Ryo and thought about what Kaurya said, I brush a few strands of hair away from his eyes. "Oh Ryo I'm so sorry, if I knew what was going to happen, I wouldn't have let you come with me. Ryo you can't died on me not knowing I .... well I like you but not as a friend. Saber knows I cares for you and the others are supecting, I wish I could have told you first. I guess this is the only way I can tell you, I love you Ryo." I said looking at him as I walked outside realizing I had been in the tent for a while.
As I waited outside the tent, trying to calm myself down, I heard a quiet voice say. "You should have told him sooner. That would explain a lot of what has been going on inside his own head and heart." I turned but saw no one and when I checked the tent I saw Ryo was still asleep. "Wishful thinking Serenea." I said to myself as I walked to the training ground. As I walked I saw the others, I avoided them and walked to the training ground. As I headed toward the training area, I suddenly heard a commotion from the tent. Ryo was up and trying to leave the tent for the training area! " Ryo, you are still to weak to fight, let alone be up and about!" I said as I turned to see the Ronin leader out of his bed. I march over to him and telling him he needed to rest. But my scolding is a cover to keep from showing how gald I was he was up and alive
"Serenea, I can't stay in bed all the time. I need to get up and practice so that when the Dynasty attacks again, we can be ready for them." he said, not noticing how much energy it was taking him just to get to where I was at. "No. You are going to rest if I have to get Harry or Sheckmet to put you to sleep." I thearten not wanting him to use up all his engery. Ryo just shook his head. "You wouldn't dare pull a trick like that on me." he said, a hint of a smile on his face. I look up at him with a raised eye brow. "Want a bet I wouldn't?"" I asked a smile tugging at my lips but then I looked over Ryo's shoulder. "Anyway you're about to go to sleep in a seacond."
Before Ryo could say anything more, he was out like a light, partly due to his own exhaustion and partly due to Harry doing what I had threatened: He had slipped a sleeping agent into Ryo while he was busy talking to me. "You tried to warn him." was all he said. I garbed one of Ryo's arms as I and Harry pulled him up and into the tent. I smiled and brushed some hair from Ryo's eyes. "You do care about him, don't you Serenea?" asked Harry, as we put him to bed.
"What makes you say that?" I asked trying to redirect the way the questions were heading. Harry gave me a look, I looked at Ryo and sighed knowing I might as well give up the act to Harry. "Yes I do. Very much but how he feels I don't know. Why would he be interested in a unless kid like me?" I asked. "You might be surprised, you aren't a useless kid. You have power with that armor of yours, and you have proved time and again that when it comes to friends, you don't back down. So stop thinking that you are useless. You are very useful. And if I hear you saying that about yourself again, I will personally take you to the nearest woodpile, and give you a spanking that you will never forget!" said Harry, knowing how hard it was for me to admit my feelings to anyone.
I nodded but frowned. "But if you tell Kayura she was right or if the others find out I'll kill you Harry. I don't want Ryo to know if he doesn't feel the same." "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone without your permission. But don't worry, I have a hunch he feels the same way about you." smiled my mentor and friend.
"Do you really think he feels the same way?" I ask half afaird of the answer. "On that question, I am afraid that I can't come up with an answer. The only one who can answer that is Ryo himself, and until that sleeping draught wears off, he won't be answering any questions." Harry answerd, looking at me with a look of respect and friendship in his eyes. In many ways, Serenea is the daughter that I always wanted, but never had. I just hope that she realizes how special she is to me. Harry thought as they headed out of the tent.
I looked up at my friend as he left. If you only knew how many time I almost called you father. You was more of father to me then my real dad was. I thought then Sage stuck his head in the tent. "Serenea, I'm going to go meditate, you want to come?" He asked I thought for moment thinking Ryo would be out of it for awhile. I went outside, but instead of meditating, I went and did a series of Kata's, trying to get my mind off of my feelings for Ryo. Does he feel the same way about me that I do about him? Do I have a right to tell him? It's so confusing, and I don't know what to do or say to him? I thought as I tried to do my kata pactice. I heard Sage coming. "Are you following me or something?" I asked. "I'm on orders to makes sure you stay safe." He said, I sighed. "Who gave the orders?" I asked in fustartion. "Saber."
I shook my head. "Can't he find something else to do besides having me followed. I mean sheesh, I'm doing ok, but it's Ryo who needs the help, not me. Maybe I will go meditate with you, but I'm wraning you now Sage try anything and you are a dead man." I said, I knew he was proably only looking out for me but it was gettting on my nerves and since I feeling was already mixed about Ryo it was making me irated. "I agree but those are the orders, and I wouldn't try anything. I wouldn't do such a thing." Sage said sounding very insulted and I followed him.
As I moved out to find a area to meditate and practice in, my thoughts went to both Ryo and Saber. I cared deeply for Ryo, even if I had a difficult time admitting it to anyone else but Saber and Harry. As far as Saber, he was one of my closest friends, but there were limits to how much of this following of orders that I would take.
"Serenea. Earth to Serenea." Sage waved his hand infornt of my eyes. "Sorry, I was thinking." I said and sat down and listened to Sage insturtion on miditation. I tried to meditate, but it didn't work. "Got too much on my mind. Gotta work it out instead of thinking it out." I muttered to myself walking back to the training area. Starting on some kata's I worked faster and harder, until I was almost exhuasted from the effort, I didn't see the figure in the shadows watching the camp and me.
I returned to camp to see Ryo was up. One look to Harry assured me it okay that he up, I slipped into the tent. "Hey Ryo, how are you feeling?" I asked, hoping to avoid the tough questions until much later. "Pretty well, considering that Harry had to knock me out with one of his patented injections. Now I understand why you got upset all those times he and Sheckmet used them on you." he said, with a hint of a smile on his face. I smiled nervously. I have to contorl my feelings he probaly doesn't even like me. I thought wondering if Ryo sensed my neroveness.
"So, who made sure that I slept and healed before Harry put the whammy on me?" asked Ryo, causing me to start shifting my weight. " I did." I said, in a small, quiet voice. THAT caused a change in Ryo's attitude! "You did? But why?" he asked. " Um I .... I ... I ...." I said unsure if Ryo share my feeling or not. I wish you says something about how you feel. I thought to Ryo. " Was there a reason why you stayed with me?" he asked in a small, quiet voice. " Yes there was." I said bearly above a whisper.
"Could you tell me what that reason was?" he asked, as he moved closer to me. " Well I .... it because ... I had ... I should .. um." I starting to panick. Comon Serenea, you need to answer him. You need to tell him what you feel about him! This is no time to be timd. I thought, realizing that it was time to come clean about my feelings for Ryo. But what if he doesn't feel the same? This is so confusing! I thought one thought chasing another.
Ok do or die Serenea. I thought to myself and said. " I did it because I..... I care for you and I don't mean like a friend I mean ... I love you Ryo. I know you probaly don't feel the same, so I'll leave." I said and turned to leave. " Serenea, I'm glad that you told me. I've been trying to keep myself from admiting the same thing." said Ryo in a quiet little voice.
I froze in mid step. " What?" I asked my hope rasing as Ryo stood up to face me. "I care deeply for you Serenea. It took my being beaten nearly to death by the Warlords to realize that." he said, making sure that no one else was in the tent. " I ... I .." I tried to say something as I look up to Ryo, my eyes saying what I felt. And with that, Ryo gently reached down and kissed me, with love and caring coming through the kiss to let me know the feeling was mutal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Icefire here, frist thing I like to say I don't own Ronin Warriors. Seacond I like to say this story isn't just mine, it aslo belongs to my friend and panter Harry since he and I are cowriting this story. Harry helping me alot in this story so he desevre the cerdit too. And another thing sorry if this chapter seems mushy to you but this is how Harry I write.
Kaurya and Sage would be up and walking soon but Ryo was in real trouble. Serenea makes sure he rests and then sees another nightmare but she shares the nightmare with Ryo. When the others find out and Kaurya tell Serenea what she thinks and ( grins) it looks like she was right. Serenea and Ryo finally told the other how they felt. But are they going to let the others know and what figure in the shadows watching? It looks like you have to find out in Chapter 17: Life for a life
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I paced around parying my three friends was alright. " Serenea you keep pacing and you'll wear a hole in the ground." Rowen wraned but to no avial I didn't stop pacing untill I saw Harry come out of the tent. " Are Ryo, Kayura and Sage going to be okay?" I asked the seacond he got to us. " Yes they each took a nasty blow, I think Ryo got the worse of the three. The warlords know how important he is to the team so he got the worse of it. Unfortanly Kaurya and Sage are recovering as while so he has to heal on his own." I thought for a moment knowing the risk. "Kayura and Sage are well enough to be on their feet in a few days but Ryo the one who in big trouble?" I asked, Harry nodded, I made a decision. "Put Ryo in a tent. I can heal myself and others, Sage and Kaurya will be well soon without my help but Ryo wouldn't. So I'll heal him." I said in a tone of voice that made it clear that I would not be taking no for an answer on this matter.
"Alright, we'll move Kaurya and Sage to another tent, there not enough room for the three of them and then you can go ahead Serenea." Harry said I nodded and sat to wait, gald I didn't have to explain a few details, White Blaze who had just came out of the tent butted his head agansit my shoulder. When I looked up at him I think he knew what I was about to do. "You know alot more then we think you do huh, White Blaze?" I asked to the oversized cat as I petted him. Later that day I was looking down at a unconsince Ryo. "I'm so sorry Ryo. But maybe I can help." I said kneeling beside him and place my left hand over his chest and contreced on giving him my engery to heal. I lost my balance and almostfell back from giving alittle too much engery but someone stopped me, I looked up at Harry.
"It drain your engery doesn't it?" He asked, I nodded. "Why did you do it? If you know it would hurt you." "I have too, anyway it doesn't drain that much engery." I said standing up then I asked something that had been on my mind. "Harry may I stay with Ryo? In case something happens or he wakes up." I qiuckly added. "Yea you can stay but you have to come out to eat when it time for dinner." He said to me and left while I sat down beside Ryo and leaning agansit the side of the tent and without meaning to fell asleep. I felt someone shaking me and something wet cross my cheek, White Blaze and Saber was trying to wake me up. "Sorry guys I must have doze off." I said to the both of them, and followed them outside.
"Hey Serenea where did you disapper too?" Kento asked me and I realized out Harry didn't say anything about my request to the others. "I thought it best that Serenea stay with Ryo. She is a healer so I asked her to stay incase he wakes up or something happens." Harry said, I looked at him shocked, he saw the look and smiled at me. I returned the smile gratful he didn't tell the others, I knew excatly what they would say. But when the food was served I ate it with out much interest. But I saw the look Cye and Harry was both giving me and ate qiuckly then left qiuckly returning to the tent Ryo was in.
That night Saber was out walking he just talked to Anubis they both couldn't sleep, too restless but then Saber heard a muffled sound coming from one of the tent he went to investagate. " Talpa leave them alone, don't hurt my friends!" Ryo said in his sleep but then Saber notice something else. "No Talpa leave Ryo and the others alone!" He heard me say, I was leaning aganist the side of the tent asleep. They are having the same dream! But from diffrent view ponit, Ryo from his own eyes and Serenea from the outside of the battle. "Serenea come on wake up." Saber said shaking me, I woke disortanted but then when I saw where I was I trembled. "I ... I saw Talpa. He had absorbed the Seasonals and all the Ronins but Ryo, he attacked Ryo and I couldn't stop him!" I said taking a deep breath to calm my shaken nerves. "No, my friends I failed you." Ryo said still dreaming I wanted to wake him up but something that would not be a wise idea. I squezze his hand as comfort as the dream finally passed.
"This is getting worse Saber. Frist I saw his battle aganist Anubis, and when the warlords blasted him I also felt his pain, then I could sense where Ryo was when he was blasted and now we are sharing the same dream." I said to Saber. "You should rest, I'll talk to Anubis, he's also awake." "I'll come with you. Ryo is resting and I like to know why this has connetion got so strong." I said standing up and leaving then White Blaze came in as we started to leave. "White Blaze wacth over him." I whispered to him as we walked out.
We both found Anubis talking to Mia. "What are they doing?" I asked then I saw something I thought I never see, they both was talking and then they kissed each other full on the lips. I was surprised I didn't think those two cared for each other but then thinking back I saw how they acted around each other. "I think we better come back later." I said to Saber, he nodded. "Maybe you should go back to sleep, we'll talk to one of the others in the moring." Saber said, I nodded and went back to the tent but I stayed up not wanting to see if I would dream about the Dynasty Wars.
The next moring, Harry came to the tent that Ryo and I were staying in. He knocked quietly on the tent flap to let me know he was there. "How are the two of you doing?" he asked. "Ryo's sleeping, but he's still pretty weak. Me, I'm doing fine." I said, but not very convinceingly as I went outside to get some breakfast. "Man, Serenea you look like you pull a all nighter. When did you go to sleep?" Rowen asked me as I came to breakfast, I looked away shurgging. "I didn't sleep much last night." "The nightmare again?" Saber asked looking over at me across from where he was eating breakfast. "What nightmare?" Kento asked everyone else seem interested too, so I told them after they bugged me enough.
"It getting worse or better depends on how you look at it." I said looking toward the tent where Ryo was still sleeping. "Normally I say it your armors connection but now I'm not sure." "Kayura! Sage! What are you two doing up? You both should be resting to regain your streange." I said standing up, everyone raised eyebrows. "Talk about turning the table." I heard Cye say under his breath. "We're fine Serenea, Ryo is not." Kayura said, I didn't agure I knew it was almost impposible to agure and win agansit Kayura.
"I've been doing some mediation with the staff, and I think that I have some idea as to what is going on with the two of you. The connection that the two of you are feeling is not just due to the armor. It's more of a link on a spirtual level. You two are the equivelant of soulmates. That is why the two of you seem to know what the other is doing or feeling." said the last member of the Ancient Clan. I felt my cheeks flare and I knew I was blushing out of embrassment. "Kayura there got to be another reason. This connection get weirder by the moment and something going on with my armor ... it got to be for a different reason."
Kayura stood up. "The staff seems to think that there is some sort of spirtual link between the two of you. Perhaps you might have some special insight into it that I was unable to get from the mystic staff?" "No I don't." I said and I got up to leave qiuckly, feeling foolish. "Serenea, what is it? Is there something going on that we need to know about?" asked a quiet but worried mentor of mine. "You know me Harry, I have a tough time admitting things to others." I said, trying to deflect the direction of his questioning. "Admiting what? So there is something?" Kayura asked and I found I just spoke too much. "No, there nothing." I said and turn to leave. "Sis, if there is something going on, would you let us know?" asked my brother, Cye of the Torrent. I just kept walking out the tent flap, heading outside. "Serenea!" yelled Cye, as he tried to follow me, but was stopped by Harry. "Let her go Cye. When she is ready to talk, she'll talk, If we try and force it, she'll just bottle it up even more than before." he said in a calm, knowing voice.
I walked into the tent where Ryo resting. I sat down and rested, how long I was asleep I didn't know but I lifted my head from my arms I looked at Ryo and thought about what Kaurya said, I brush a few strands of hair away from his eyes. "Oh Ryo I'm so sorry, if I knew what was going to happen, I wouldn't have let you come with me. Ryo you can't died on me not knowing I .... well I like you but not as a friend. Saber knows I cares for you and the others are supecting, I wish I could have told you first. I guess this is the only way I can tell you, I love you Ryo." I said looking at him as I walked outside realizing I had been in the tent for a while.
As I waited outside the tent, trying to calm myself down, I heard a quiet voice say. "You should have told him sooner. That would explain a lot of what has been going on inside his own head and heart." I turned but saw no one and when I checked the tent I saw Ryo was still asleep. "Wishful thinking Serenea." I said to myself as I walked to the training ground. As I walked I saw the others, I avoided them and walked to the training ground. As I headed toward the training area, I suddenly heard a commotion from the tent. Ryo was up and trying to leave the tent for the training area! " Ryo, you are still to weak to fight, let alone be up and about!" I said as I turned to see the Ronin leader out of his bed. I march over to him and telling him he needed to rest. But my scolding is a cover to keep from showing how gald I was he was up and alive
"Serenea, I can't stay in bed all the time. I need to get up and practice so that when the Dynasty attacks again, we can be ready for them." he said, not noticing how much energy it was taking him just to get to where I was at. "No. You are going to rest if I have to get Harry or Sheckmet to put you to sleep." I thearten not wanting him to use up all his engery. Ryo just shook his head. "You wouldn't dare pull a trick like that on me." he said, a hint of a smile on his face. I look up at him with a raised eye brow. "Want a bet I wouldn't?"" I asked a smile tugging at my lips but then I looked over Ryo's shoulder. "Anyway you're about to go to sleep in a seacond."
Before Ryo could say anything more, he was out like a light, partly due to his own exhaustion and partly due to Harry doing what I had threatened: He had slipped a sleeping agent into Ryo while he was busy talking to me. "You tried to warn him." was all he said. I garbed one of Ryo's arms as I and Harry pulled him up and into the tent. I smiled and brushed some hair from Ryo's eyes. "You do care about him, don't you Serenea?" asked Harry, as we put him to bed.
"What makes you say that?" I asked trying to redirect the way the questions were heading. Harry gave me a look, I looked at Ryo and sighed knowing I might as well give up the act to Harry. "Yes I do. Very much but how he feels I don't know. Why would he be interested in a unless kid like me?" I asked. "You might be surprised, you aren't a useless kid. You have power with that armor of yours, and you have proved time and again that when it comes to friends, you don't back down. So stop thinking that you are useless. You are very useful. And if I hear you saying that about yourself again, I will personally take you to the nearest woodpile, and give you a spanking that you will never forget!" said Harry, knowing how hard it was for me to admit my feelings to anyone.
I nodded but frowned. "But if you tell Kayura she was right or if the others find out I'll kill you Harry. I don't want Ryo to know if he doesn't feel the same." "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone without your permission. But don't worry, I have a hunch he feels the same way about you." smiled my mentor and friend.
"Do you really think he feels the same way?" I ask half afaird of the answer. "On that question, I am afraid that I can't come up with an answer. The only one who can answer that is Ryo himself, and until that sleeping draught wears off, he won't be answering any questions." Harry answerd, looking at me with a look of respect and friendship in his eyes. In many ways, Serenea is the daughter that I always wanted, but never had. I just hope that she realizes how special she is to me. Harry thought as they headed out of the tent.
I looked up at my friend as he left. If you only knew how many time I almost called you father. You was more of father to me then my real dad was. I thought then Sage stuck his head in the tent. "Serenea, I'm going to go meditate, you want to come?" He asked I thought for moment thinking Ryo would be out of it for awhile. I went outside, but instead of meditating, I went and did a series of Kata's, trying to get my mind off of my feelings for Ryo. Does he feel the same way about me that I do about him? Do I have a right to tell him? It's so confusing, and I don't know what to do or say to him? I thought as I tried to do my kata pactice. I heard Sage coming. "Are you following me or something?" I asked. "I'm on orders to makes sure you stay safe." He said, I sighed. "Who gave the orders?" I asked in fustartion. "Saber."
I shook my head. "Can't he find something else to do besides having me followed. I mean sheesh, I'm doing ok, but it's Ryo who needs the help, not me. Maybe I will go meditate with you, but I'm wraning you now Sage try anything and you are a dead man." I said, I knew he was proably only looking out for me but it was gettting on my nerves and since I feeling was already mixed about Ryo it was making me irated. "I agree but those are the orders, and I wouldn't try anything. I wouldn't do such a thing." Sage said sounding very insulted and I followed him.
As I moved out to find a area to meditate and practice in, my thoughts went to both Ryo and Saber. I cared deeply for Ryo, even if I had a difficult time admitting it to anyone else but Saber and Harry. As far as Saber, he was one of my closest friends, but there were limits to how much of this following of orders that I would take.
"Serenea. Earth to Serenea." Sage waved his hand infornt of my eyes. "Sorry, I was thinking." I said and sat down and listened to Sage insturtion on miditation. I tried to meditate, but it didn't work. "Got too much on my mind. Gotta work it out instead of thinking it out." I muttered to myself walking back to the training area. Starting on some kata's I worked faster and harder, until I was almost exhuasted from the effort, I didn't see the figure in the shadows watching the camp and me.
I returned to camp to see Ryo was up. One look to Harry assured me it okay that he up, I slipped into the tent. "Hey Ryo, how are you feeling?" I asked, hoping to avoid the tough questions until much later. "Pretty well, considering that Harry had to knock me out with one of his patented injections. Now I understand why you got upset all those times he and Sheckmet used them on you." he said, with a hint of a smile on his face. I smiled nervously. I have to contorl my feelings he probaly doesn't even like me. I thought wondering if Ryo sensed my neroveness.
"So, who made sure that I slept and healed before Harry put the whammy on me?" asked Ryo, causing me to start shifting my weight. " I did." I said, in a small, quiet voice. THAT caused a change in Ryo's attitude! "You did? But why?" he asked. " Um I .... I ... I ...." I said unsure if Ryo share my feeling or not. I wish you says something about how you feel. I thought to Ryo. " Was there a reason why you stayed with me?" he asked in a small, quiet voice. " Yes there was." I said bearly above a whisper.
"Could you tell me what that reason was?" he asked, as he moved closer to me. " Well I .... it because ... I had ... I should .. um." I starting to panick. Comon Serenea, you need to answer him. You need to tell him what you feel about him! This is no time to be timd. I thought, realizing that it was time to come clean about my feelings for Ryo. But what if he doesn't feel the same? This is so confusing! I thought one thought chasing another.
Ok do or die Serenea. I thought to myself and said. " I did it because I..... I care for you and I don't mean like a friend I mean ... I love you Ryo. I know you probaly don't feel the same, so I'll leave." I said and turned to leave. " Serenea, I'm glad that you told me. I've been trying to keep myself from admiting the same thing." said Ryo in a quiet little voice.
I froze in mid step. " What?" I asked my hope rasing as Ryo stood up to face me. "I care deeply for you Serenea. It took my being beaten nearly to death by the Warlords to realize that." he said, making sure that no one else was in the tent. " I ... I .." I tried to say something as I look up to Ryo, my eyes saying what I felt. And with that, Ryo gently reached down and kissed me, with love and caring coming through the kiss to let me know the feeling was mutal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Icefire here, frist thing I like to say I don't own Ronin Warriors. Seacond I like to say this story isn't just mine, it aslo belongs to my friend and panter Harry since he and I are cowriting this story. Harry helping me alot in this story so he desevre the cerdit too. And another thing sorry if this chapter seems mushy to you but this is how Harry I write.
Kaurya and Sage would be up and walking soon but Ryo was in real trouble. Serenea makes sure he rests and then sees another nightmare but she shares the nightmare with Ryo. When the others find out and Kaurya tell Serenea what she thinks and ( grins) it looks like she was right. Serenea and Ryo finally told the other how they felt. But are they going to let the others know and what figure in the shadows watching? It looks like you have to find out in Chapter 17: Life for a life
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