Chapter 22: Winter Kiss's Dance
We returned home and Mia and Harry got tried of Ryo and I not telling the others how we felt about each other so they came up with a plan to make it happen and so they could have alittle fun, the plan involed the Winter's Kiss Dance at the school which was taking place not long before Christmas. "You want me to what?" I asked Mia. "It not going to kill you to see someone after all you don't have anyone as a boyfriend so it will be good for you to get out." "Yea but with someone I don't even know?" " That why it called a blind date isn't it?" She asked, I could see if I wanted to keep what was going on between Ryo and I secert I had to go along with it. So we made the arragments of what to wear, how to style my hair etc, etc, etc. But little did I know Ryo was getting the same thing. " I guess I will." He said to Harry who told him he was going on a blind date. They also decied on what to gave the date what type of formal wear to wear etc, etc, etc.
Harry and Mia were both smiling at each other as it got closer to time for the winter dance. Neither candidate knew that we were being set up with the one that they cared about. The night of the winter dance I had just got done helping Rowen fix Mia's car so I had grease stains from fixing the car when Ryo walked in with some red roses. "Who are they for?" I asked. "My blind date." He said, I looked shock. "You on a blind date too?" "Yea, Harry set me up on a blind date." "And Mia set me up on one too." I thought for a moment when a very bad idea came to me. "Oh no! Mia, Harry come here please!" I called to the two. Both parties came out with innocent looks on their faces. "Yes?" asked Mia. "You called." said Harry. " Who excatly did you set me and Ryo up with on our blind dates?" I asked.
Both parties started hemming and hawing. "Well, we both agreed that it was in the best interest not to tell neither of you because you would probaly back out then." began Mia. "And so we had to set you up without that knowlegde." continuted Harry. " Ok Mia who did you set me up with and please don't lie." I asked " And who did you set me up with Harry?" Ryo asked. Harry looked at Mia, and Mia looked at Harry. "I set Serenea up with you Ryo." Mia said. "And I set Ryo up with you, Serenea. We could tell how much you both care for each other." he said. I froze and looked at Ryo and tried to wipe the grease smugs off my now flaming cheeks. " Um you know Mia I ... I forgot I have work to do so I can't go to the dance." " Me too, sorry Harry." Ryo said we both started to leave.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" yelled both senior partners (In refference to relevant age). "We worked hard to pull this off!" shouted Mia. "And you are NOT getting out of it!" snapped Harry at me, with a look in his eyes saying: You are NOT going to get out of this one young lady! Both Ryo and I took one look at the two and qiuckly left. "Yikes those two are scary when they are mad!" I said under my breath as we made for the door. Before we could get out the door, there was Sage and Kento, with a limosine waiting. "Sir, Madam, your carriage awaits." they stated. "Oh no! Don't tell me you two are in this too!" I said.
Sage smiled wickly. "In for a penny." "In for a pound." finished Kento, as they opened the doors to the limo. "Oh no! We are not going to no dance." I said and both Ryo and I started to walk qiuckly away. " Man these guys don't get a hint!" Ryo said to me, I nodded. "Would you care to make a wager on that?" came another voice, as Rowen stepped out, dressed in a tuxedo that would put most men to shame. "I have been asked to chaparone the two of you tonight. I gave up an evening of stargazing and computer work for this, so please, at least give it a go." he pleaded. " Rowen, please don't tell me they got all of you into this!" Ryo asked his friend. "Yep. We all are. Now are you going to give it a go or are we all going to have to make you two?" Saber asked crossing his arms as he block our escape route. With all other options closed, Ryo and I went to our respective rooms to get changed. Ryo slipping on a red tuxedo with a white cumberbund and cuff links. While I slipped into a long sleveless lavender dress, Mia and Kaurya help bairded my hair and put some flowers into it.
When I was ready I walked downstair with Mia and Kaurya right behind me. " I can't believe I'm doing this." I muttered and walked into the living room where the guys was. " Serenea?" Cye asked seeing me first, I smiled nervously and twirled slighty. "What do you think?" I asked, I knew I looked differnt I traded my bule jeans and tee shirt for the sleveless lavender dress, my long cheasnut brown hair was down with flowers bairded into it, I had also had a little make up on. " You look ... like a beatiful young lady." Cye said, I smiled neverously but Ryo's and mine nerve was lost with the entertance of two Seasonals.
" Well, well. What do we have here Cale?" Sheckmet asked grinning when he saw Ryo and saw me poke my head out of the room. " I think it's little Icefire and Wildfire." Cale repiled but grinned at my angery face, he knew calling me little anything made me furious. "Sheckmet, Cale, I'm asking you nicely, closes your mouth before I do it for ya." I said stepping beside Ryo. Both Seasonals looked at me suprised, I then realized why, they had only seen my face not the rest of me and the dress but I wasn't going to pay anything atteion to that.
"Well, what ya staring at?" I snapped at them. "Icefire, I mean Serenea, I see you do know how to look like a lady." Cale said, I would have hit him if I didn't see he meant it as a compliment, kinda of. Sheckmet just raised his green eyebrows in a manner that indicated that he was impressed. ( which was rare) I moved closer to Ryo. "Ok now you two are creeping me out, I don't look that diffrent." Cale just simply said. "You look fantastic tonight, and we mean it." And with that the two left for the winter dance.
Ryo and I were pleasantly surprised to see who was driving the limosine that night: Sage Date! "Sage? Oh brother is it me or did those two set this up good?" Ryo nodded his head. "We got set up good, Serenea. The only ones I haven't seen are Dais, Anubis and Kento." he stated. Suddenly the driver's window rolled down. "Hey my friends: This wouldn't be a dance without ol' Kento bringing in some snacks now?" he said. " Oh brother." I said then in a whisper. " Think we can make a run for it?" I asked Ryo. "I wouldn't try to make a run." said Sage looking in the review mirror at us. "Not only is Kento here in the limosine, but Rowen is waiting at the school, and Dais and Anubis are planing on escorting the two of you as chaparones tonight. So sneaking away is not an option." he answered.
I snapped my fingers. "Remember to give those two a ear full when I get thourgh this. I'ld face fifty Dynasty soldiers before I do this again." I said "I hear you Serenea." answered Ryo, not liking the idea of being set up like this by his teamates. We was good actors, we made it look like that care for each others as friends and nothing more but we knew better. " Hey I heard that." Kento said to the two of us.
By the time that the limo arrived at the high school, the dance was going full force. However, all attendies were being checked for illegal items, by both Seasonals, Ryo and I were the last to arrive. "Hmmph! Took you long enough." muttered the white haired Ronin of Illusion. "Yes, it did indeed." agreed Anubis, with a hint of a wicked gleen in his eyes. " I can't believe you two! I can't believe you two of all people would go this low!" I said to the two angery, I thought those two had a bit more honor then to stoop to this.
"Hey, when Mia and Harry started planning this ....." started Dais, as Anubis hit him sharply in the ribs. "What my partner was saying is that we were honored to do this, after all we had done during Talpa's service. This is our way of paying back the world for all the misforturne that we have caused." said Anubis. " Yea right. You helping the others making us come here in pay back for the misforturne you cause. You two are very lame liars. And I didn't think you stoop this low." I said to them ponitly. "Us? Liars? My dear Serenea, whatever gave you that idea?" asked Anubis while Dais snickered, I gave both of a look that could frezze an epruting volcano. "I've known this was a set up since I found out both Ryo and I had blind dates for the dance and when Mia and Harry tried play innocent."
"And if you two think that you can play innocent with us, you have another thing coming!" stated an irated Ryo." I mean, sheea the only person who wasn't on this was Yuli and I'm gald he isn't." I said to myself thinking about how we had to get out of this. "Yuli was too young to do much of anything except get some of the flowers for your hair Serenea." said Sage, trying very hard to keep a straight face, I swung at Sage. " Remind me to kill you later." I hissed to him as he jerked away from my punch and Dais held me back. "Lets at least make an appearance, and then we can go Serenea." Ryo suggested after thinking a moment. " Ok. We stay for about ten mintues then during a fast dance, we make a break for it. Ok?" Ryo nodded his head. "Agreed." As we headed into the gym, we were amazed at the decorations: All sorts of icecicles hanging around the gym area. "Winter's Kiss dance." I said realizing why they called it that. "Pretty amazing for one who's armor is Icefire." Ryo said kiddingly. I smiled then looked at the clock. "I'll come and get you when it time to break for it ok?" I asked. Ten mintues later I walked over to Ryo to leave.
Before either one of us could make a break, a drumroll was heard. "Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to announce the winners of this years King and Queen of the Winter's Kiss Dance. The King is . . . Ryo Sandrea!" " Uh oh." I said not wanting to know who name would be called next, for various reasons." I think we better act like we didn't heard and get out of here before something really embrassing happens." I said as we both turned to get out of there. "And the Queen for the Winter's Kiss dance is . . . Serenea Mouri! Would the couple please come up and recieve their crowns!" Said the announcer. " Too late." I said as Ryo and I was stoped dead in our tracks turning bright red, we both felt people gently nudging us toward the stage, where two crowns lay waiting: Both decorated with large, plastic icecicles. "Someone is so dead." I muttered.
"I heard you on that. Don't be so pushy we going!" Ryo said to Kento and Sage who pushed us froward. Both parties were crowned with the plastic crowns, and then: "And now the coronation dance, with the king and queen leading the dance," came the dreaded announcement. " leaving is now not an option." I looked up seeing the other Ronins laughing their heads off, they havn't plan this part but they wasn't going to ojbect. " Now what are we going to do?" I asked Ryo. "We do what is expected of us: We dance together." Ryo said through clenched teeth.
"Okay I'm going to kill all of the guys when I find them." I said do my best to not seem mad. "Just do it after we get out of here." said Ryo, trying to figure a way out of this situation. While Sage, Kento and the others were laughing, Ryo started putting things together. Dais hinted that this whole thing was set up by Mia, Harry and others. Could there be other romances going on that we don't know about yet? he thought as the song finished up. "Let's get out of here." he whispered to me as the song ended, I answered, "You said it partner." We both walk into the crowd I followed Ryo, hoping we make it out of there. But as we walked away I bumpped into someone.
"Excuss me." I said but the person spoke. "You are right. It isn't fair to you or Ryo now but later you'll probaly be grateful that your friends did this." I heard a female voice say, I turned to see a young woman with long brown hair disapper into the crowd. I remembered that was something Kat had told me once when she was still alive, we was discussing a moive we had been wacthing. I stopped and tugged on Ryo's hand slighty to get his atteion. " Ryo. Maybe the guys are right."
Ryo stopped and turned to me. "What the guys have done isn't right but I think instead of leaving we should stay, may it is time to stop hiding it. If you don't want to stay I'll leave with you but if you want too then we will. The dance doesn't last much longer." I said qiuckly. "Yea. They did their part to make this a memorable evening for us Serenea. Let's not disapoint them." Ryo said, as he escorted me back to the dance floor. "Alright everyone the last dance of the night. Will the King and Queen come and led the dance please?" The song started, I smiled it the song, Remember me this way the same one I sung months ago. The other students moved out of the way. They notice we wasn't dancing stiffly like last time but move like we was enjoying the slow dance.
Ryo leaned over to me as the song came to a conclusion. "You, dear lady, are truly one in a million. You have won my heart, and that is something that no one has ever been able to do." Ryo said very quietly. " As you did Ryo, I know I am hard headed at times and high spirited but that is how I am. But it seems fate deiced to be kind to me in letting me find you." I said as the song, and the dance ended, the two of us headed out to their waiting limo, this time with Kento doing the driving, and Sage riding shotgun.
"You want to ditchs the limos and go on foot? So the others can't get us?" I smiled wanting to walk and let the other worry slighty as pay back. "Sure. It won't be easy, but I'd rather spend time with you than be shuttled back to the manor without time alone together." said Ryo, with a mischevious look on his face. I gave him my own look of mischevious, we probaly was going to worry Cye to death but hey, maybe it do him some good. "Oh? Well atlest we don't have to worry about Kento's driving. That is scary." I said to Ryo smiling. "That is true. Kento is a bit of a crazy driver at times." Ryo said, remembering some of the stunts that the Ronin of Justice had pulled in his van driving the team to and from places. We both took off walking qiuckly into the shadows to avoid the others. We laughed and talked on our walk to the house, we was about to walk into the manor when Ryo stopped me.
"I wanted to thank you for tonight, Serenea. I know that Harry and Mia set us up, but I think it worked out for the best." he said. And as I prepared to open the door to the manor, he gently grabbed me by the waist, and laid a gentle, soul stirring kiss on my lips. " What the?!" I heard Cye yelled from inside and opened the door before but he or the others could say a thing I put a hand in the air, stopping them. "Hold that thought for one second Cye." I said and then turned back to Ryo and kiss him back. "Come on, Ryo, run!" I yelled after breaking the kiss and grabing Ryo's right wrist and running as Cye lost it.
"RYO! SERENEA! When I get my hands on the two of you, you both will be so DEAD that it will take Kayura and the staff to bring you back!" He screamed as we took off running. "That if you can cacth us!" I yelled back as we disappered into the woods. An hour later after walking and talking I stuck my head in the house. "Is it safe to come in?" I asked Kayura but I saw a red faced Cye. " Uh oh. Guess not." I said about to leave again.
"If you two want to avoid having Cye call the police out after you, come on in." said Harry, who was trying to keep Cye from jumping out the door, and going after Ryo. We accepted the invitation, and headed on in. I saw the smug looks the others had. "What are those looks for?" I asked criously. "So you two do care for each other and what happen on the door steps prove it." Sage said. " Um, Sage, buddy nothing happened." Ryo said, everyone looked at Ryo and I like we was carzy, I nodded. " Yea, nothing happen." I said then turned to Ryo.
"Right Ryo? Nothing happened did it?" I asked. " Nope. Nothing that hasn't been going on for about month." He said kissing me again. "Will you two behave yourselves for just a minute?" moaned Harry, as Cye was beginning to see red. "Kayura and I have suspected for a while that you two cared for each other, so, when we heard that there was a dance coming up at the high school, we decided to bring everything out into the open." My mentor stated. "With a little help from the rest of the team, we set each of you up with the other: Me preparing Ryo, Mia with you, Serenea. The Seasonals and myself got the limosine ready, Rowen agreed to keep an eye on the two of you, Sage and Kento agreed to drive, and Cale and Sheckmet decided to make sure that you wouldn't back out. I'm sorry we had to do it like this, but it was the only way we could think of to bring your feelings for each other out into the open."
"The only thing that we didn't count on was Cye's reaction to Ryo kissing you, Serenea and you kissing him back. And for that we are sorry." said Kayura. " We could have done it when we was good and ready." I snapped but my anger was already fused out. " I'm still not thrilled with Ryo kissing you Serenea. After all, I AM supposed to watch out for you, keep you safe and such, like a good big brother." Cye said. " You may not be thrilled not but I am. But if you don't like then you guys shouldn't have froced it out of us." I muttered holding Ryo's hand in mine.
"As we said Serenea, we are sorry for that." said Anubis, who walked in from the kitchen. "It was just that we could see how much you cared for each other, but wouldn't admit it. So we pulled this off to bring it to the front." he said. " We was waiting for the right time. You all know it wasn't right trying to froce it out of us. Luckly for you some of what Kat told me once stuck with me or you guys would be dead." I said to them. "I'm sorry that things turned out this way Serenea. If we could have, we would have let things go there natural way, but the dance was just too good an oportunity to pass up." said Harry, looking at Kayura.
I nodded then a thought came to me. " Oh yea, one more thing." I turned and punched Sage square in the jaw knocking him to the ground. "What I say, I deliver." I said flipping my hair over my shoulder. Sage was hurting from the punch that I delivered. "Did anyone get the number of that Warlord?" he said, trying to make a joke out of the incident." Yep. Serenea." Kento said helping Sage up, I spun around to him. "Wacth it Kento. You're still on my to kill list anyway." I said to Kento and with that, me and Ryo started to leave for our respective rooms.
Ryo turned toward me as we got upstairs. "You know, I do love you Serenea. There aren't many people that can or would do to Sage, what you just did. It proves that you can still take care of yourself, even without the armor." he quietly said. " I know." I said then sighed. " Ryo I know this is a bad time but ..." "But what Serenea?" he asked, looking at me curiously. " I sense another evil is coming. It maybe be my imagation but I sense it." I said qiuetly, looking at the ground. " I know." I looked up shocked. " I've known all day. But lets live normal for awhile we not sure if it just we not use to Arco being gone or what." He said, I nodded, looking him in the eyes. "Then lets do just that. Live each day as if we are normal people, until the call to arms is recevied again." I said as I moved closer to him, our lips within inches of each other.
As we moved closer a small noise was heard from behind us. Rubbing his eyes, was a half awake Yuli. He had been awaken by the noise of the argument downstairs. " Hi kid." I said to Yuli, I wasn't angery at him because I knew he didn't mean to stop us and he became like a little brother to me when Ryo disappered. "Are you two OK? I heard some yelling downstairs, and I got up to see what the problem was?" he asked, looking at his two favorite people. "Don't worry Yuli. Cye was just upset over something, and it didn't have anything to do with Kento. Just go back to sleep, and we'll see you in the morning." Ryo said.Yuli start to leave but came back and he came over to the both of us, and gave us a big hug. "You two are the best friends I could ever ask for. I hope that you stay together forever." he said, as he headed back to bed. I smiled as he left then turned back to Ryo with a mischevious smile.
" Now where was we?" Ryo looked around to make sure that no one else was nearby. Seeing that the coast was clear, he again pulled me to him, giving me a kiss that left me in a state of total joy toward the young man that I knew that I loved. I laid my head on his shoulder making it look like we we was talking but both of us wacthed out of the coner of our eyes seeing two other couples.
"Ahh young love." Mia said to Anubis who was standing beside her. " It about time those two showed their affection for each other. I was beginning to doubt." Anubis said. " Yea, I remember when you told me how you felt." Mia said, it happen a month after I came to the manor, while they was alone Anubis told Mia how he felt about her and the feeling was mutal. Anubis nodded remembering that day well and reach down and gently kissed Mia, Mia returned the kiss and then they wacthed abit longer before leaving to go to their rooms.
The other couple was abit more qiuet. " Look like we was right my lady about both of the couples." Harry said to Kaurya, she nodded and wacth as Anubis and Mia kissed as well. Harry decieding to take a lesson from the two couples reached down and kissed Kaurya, she galdly returned the kiss but when they too left Ryo spoke.
"I think we need a plan to get back at the others and to teach them a lesson. And I think Kento and Sage should also be taught a lesson along with the two couples. " Ryo said, I nodded and we made a plan. That night we set up our pranks and went to our own rooms laughing.
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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 please tell us what you think about the story.
The others got tried of Ryo and Serenea not telling the others how we felt about each other so they came up with a plan to make it happen and so they could have alittle fun, the plan involed the Winter's Kiss Dance at the school. But if what Kat once told Serenea didn't come back to her it would have worked badly, of course when Ryo kissed Serenea on the doorsteps infront of the others Cye nearly killed him. Things seem to be normal but what is Ryo and Serenea doing? It looks like you have to find out in Chapter 23: Pranks and a new beginning
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My partner's email adress is harryV3rd@hotmail.com but I ask any flames will be directed towards me, my adress is icefire_lady_warrior_of_hope@yahoo.com
We returned home and Mia and Harry got tried of Ryo and I not telling the others how we felt about each other so they came up with a plan to make it happen and so they could have alittle fun, the plan involed the Winter's Kiss Dance at the school which was taking place not long before Christmas. "You want me to what?" I asked Mia. "It not going to kill you to see someone after all you don't have anyone as a boyfriend so it will be good for you to get out." "Yea but with someone I don't even know?" " That why it called a blind date isn't it?" She asked, I could see if I wanted to keep what was going on between Ryo and I secert I had to go along with it. So we made the arragments of what to wear, how to style my hair etc, etc, etc. But little did I know Ryo was getting the same thing. " I guess I will." He said to Harry who told him he was going on a blind date. They also decied on what to gave the date what type of formal wear to wear etc, etc, etc.
Harry and Mia were both smiling at each other as it got closer to time for the winter dance. Neither candidate knew that we were being set up with the one that they cared about. The night of the winter dance I had just got done helping Rowen fix Mia's car so I had grease stains from fixing the car when Ryo walked in with some red roses. "Who are they for?" I asked. "My blind date." He said, I looked shock. "You on a blind date too?" "Yea, Harry set me up on a blind date." "And Mia set me up on one too." I thought for a moment when a very bad idea came to me. "Oh no! Mia, Harry come here please!" I called to the two. Both parties came out with innocent looks on their faces. "Yes?" asked Mia. "You called." said Harry. " Who excatly did you set me and Ryo up with on our blind dates?" I asked.
Both parties started hemming and hawing. "Well, we both agreed that it was in the best interest not to tell neither of you because you would probaly back out then." began Mia. "And so we had to set you up without that knowlegde." continuted Harry. " Ok Mia who did you set me up with and please don't lie." I asked " And who did you set me up with Harry?" Ryo asked. Harry looked at Mia, and Mia looked at Harry. "I set Serenea up with you Ryo." Mia said. "And I set Ryo up with you, Serenea. We could tell how much you both care for each other." he said. I froze and looked at Ryo and tried to wipe the grease smugs off my now flaming cheeks. " Um you know Mia I ... I forgot I have work to do so I can't go to the dance." " Me too, sorry Harry." Ryo said we both started to leave.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" yelled both senior partners (In refference to relevant age). "We worked hard to pull this off!" shouted Mia. "And you are NOT getting out of it!" snapped Harry at me, with a look in his eyes saying: You are NOT going to get out of this one young lady! Both Ryo and I took one look at the two and qiuckly left. "Yikes those two are scary when they are mad!" I said under my breath as we made for the door. Before we could get out the door, there was Sage and Kento, with a limosine waiting. "Sir, Madam, your carriage awaits." they stated. "Oh no! Don't tell me you two are in this too!" I said.
Sage smiled wickly. "In for a penny." "In for a pound." finished Kento, as they opened the doors to the limo. "Oh no! We are not going to no dance." I said and both Ryo and I started to walk qiuckly away. " Man these guys don't get a hint!" Ryo said to me, I nodded. "Would you care to make a wager on that?" came another voice, as Rowen stepped out, dressed in a tuxedo that would put most men to shame. "I have been asked to chaparone the two of you tonight. I gave up an evening of stargazing and computer work for this, so please, at least give it a go." he pleaded. " Rowen, please don't tell me they got all of you into this!" Ryo asked his friend. "Yep. We all are. Now are you going to give it a go or are we all going to have to make you two?" Saber asked crossing his arms as he block our escape route. With all other options closed, Ryo and I went to our respective rooms to get changed. Ryo slipping on a red tuxedo with a white cumberbund and cuff links. While I slipped into a long sleveless lavender dress, Mia and Kaurya help bairded my hair and put some flowers into it.
When I was ready I walked downstair with Mia and Kaurya right behind me. " I can't believe I'm doing this." I muttered and walked into the living room where the guys was. " Serenea?" Cye asked seeing me first, I smiled nervously and twirled slighty. "What do you think?" I asked, I knew I looked differnt I traded my bule jeans and tee shirt for the sleveless lavender dress, my long cheasnut brown hair was down with flowers bairded into it, I had also had a little make up on. " You look ... like a beatiful young lady." Cye said, I smiled neverously but Ryo's and mine nerve was lost with the entertance of two Seasonals.
" Well, well. What do we have here Cale?" Sheckmet asked grinning when he saw Ryo and saw me poke my head out of the room. " I think it's little Icefire and Wildfire." Cale repiled but grinned at my angery face, he knew calling me little anything made me furious. "Sheckmet, Cale, I'm asking you nicely, closes your mouth before I do it for ya." I said stepping beside Ryo. Both Seasonals looked at me suprised, I then realized why, they had only seen my face not the rest of me and the dress but I wasn't going to pay anything atteion to that.
"Well, what ya staring at?" I snapped at them. "Icefire, I mean Serenea, I see you do know how to look like a lady." Cale said, I would have hit him if I didn't see he meant it as a compliment, kinda of. Sheckmet just raised his green eyebrows in a manner that indicated that he was impressed. ( which was rare) I moved closer to Ryo. "Ok now you two are creeping me out, I don't look that diffrent." Cale just simply said. "You look fantastic tonight, and we mean it." And with that the two left for the winter dance.
Ryo and I were pleasantly surprised to see who was driving the limosine that night: Sage Date! "Sage? Oh brother is it me or did those two set this up good?" Ryo nodded his head. "We got set up good, Serenea. The only ones I haven't seen are Dais, Anubis and Kento." he stated. Suddenly the driver's window rolled down. "Hey my friends: This wouldn't be a dance without ol' Kento bringing in some snacks now?" he said. " Oh brother." I said then in a whisper. " Think we can make a run for it?" I asked Ryo. "I wouldn't try to make a run." said Sage looking in the review mirror at us. "Not only is Kento here in the limosine, but Rowen is waiting at the school, and Dais and Anubis are planing on escorting the two of you as chaparones tonight. So sneaking away is not an option." he answered.
I snapped my fingers. "Remember to give those two a ear full when I get thourgh this. I'ld face fifty Dynasty soldiers before I do this again." I said "I hear you Serenea." answered Ryo, not liking the idea of being set up like this by his teamates. We was good actors, we made it look like that care for each others as friends and nothing more but we knew better. " Hey I heard that." Kento said to the two of us.
By the time that the limo arrived at the high school, the dance was going full force. However, all attendies were being checked for illegal items, by both Seasonals, Ryo and I were the last to arrive. "Hmmph! Took you long enough." muttered the white haired Ronin of Illusion. "Yes, it did indeed." agreed Anubis, with a hint of a wicked gleen in his eyes. " I can't believe you two! I can't believe you two of all people would go this low!" I said to the two angery, I thought those two had a bit more honor then to stoop to this.
"Hey, when Mia and Harry started planning this ....." started Dais, as Anubis hit him sharply in the ribs. "What my partner was saying is that we were honored to do this, after all we had done during Talpa's service. This is our way of paying back the world for all the misforturne that we have caused." said Anubis. " Yea right. You helping the others making us come here in pay back for the misforturne you cause. You two are very lame liars. And I didn't think you stoop this low." I said to them ponitly. "Us? Liars? My dear Serenea, whatever gave you that idea?" asked Anubis while Dais snickered, I gave both of a look that could frezze an epruting volcano. "I've known this was a set up since I found out both Ryo and I had blind dates for the dance and when Mia and Harry tried play innocent."
"And if you two think that you can play innocent with us, you have another thing coming!" stated an irated Ryo." I mean, sheea the only person who wasn't on this was Yuli and I'm gald he isn't." I said to myself thinking about how we had to get out of this. "Yuli was too young to do much of anything except get some of the flowers for your hair Serenea." said Sage, trying very hard to keep a straight face, I swung at Sage. " Remind me to kill you later." I hissed to him as he jerked away from my punch and Dais held me back. "Lets at least make an appearance, and then we can go Serenea." Ryo suggested after thinking a moment. " Ok. We stay for about ten mintues then during a fast dance, we make a break for it. Ok?" Ryo nodded his head. "Agreed." As we headed into the gym, we were amazed at the decorations: All sorts of icecicles hanging around the gym area. "Winter's Kiss dance." I said realizing why they called it that. "Pretty amazing for one who's armor is Icefire." Ryo said kiddingly. I smiled then looked at the clock. "I'll come and get you when it time to break for it ok?" I asked. Ten mintues later I walked over to Ryo to leave.
Before either one of us could make a break, a drumroll was heard. "Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to announce the winners of this years King and Queen of the Winter's Kiss Dance. The King is . . . Ryo Sandrea!" " Uh oh." I said not wanting to know who name would be called next, for various reasons." I think we better act like we didn't heard and get out of here before something really embrassing happens." I said as we both turned to get out of there. "And the Queen for the Winter's Kiss dance is . . . Serenea Mouri! Would the couple please come up and recieve their crowns!" Said the announcer. " Too late." I said as Ryo and I was stoped dead in our tracks turning bright red, we both felt people gently nudging us toward the stage, where two crowns lay waiting: Both decorated with large, plastic icecicles. "Someone is so dead." I muttered.
"I heard you on that. Don't be so pushy we going!" Ryo said to Kento and Sage who pushed us froward. Both parties were crowned with the plastic crowns, and then: "And now the coronation dance, with the king and queen leading the dance," came the dreaded announcement. " leaving is now not an option." I looked up seeing the other Ronins laughing their heads off, they havn't plan this part but they wasn't going to ojbect. " Now what are we going to do?" I asked Ryo. "We do what is expected of us: We dance together." Ryo said through clenched teeth.
"Okay I'm going to kill all of the guys when I find them." I said do my best to not seem mad. "Just do it after we get out of here." said Ryo, trying to figure a way out of this situation. While Sage, Kento and the others were laughing, Ryo started putting things together. Dais hinted that this whole thing was set up by Mia, Harry and others. Could there be other romances going on that we don't know about yet? he thought as the song finished up. "Let's get out of here." he whispered to me as the song ended, I answered, "You said it partner." We both walk into the crowd I followed Ryo, hoping we make it out of there. But as we walked away I bumpped into someone.
"Excuss me." I said but the person spoke. "You are right. It isn't fair to you or Ryo now but later you'll probaly be grateful that your friends did this." I heard a female voice say, I turned to see a young woman with long brown hair disapper into the crowd. I remembered that was something Kat had told me once when she was still alive, we was discussing a moive we had been wacthing. I stopped and tugged on Ryo's hand slighty to get his atteion. " Ryo. Maybe the guys are right."
Ryo stopped and turned to me. "What the guys have done isn't right but I think instead of leaving we should stay, may it is time to stop hiding it. If you don't want to stay I'll leave with you but if you want too then we will. The dance doesn't last much longer." I said qiuckly. "Yea. They did their part to make this a memorable evening for us Serenea. Let's not disapoint them." Ryo said, as he escorted me back to the dance floor. "Alright everyone the last dance of the night. Will the King and Queen come and led the dance please?" The song started, I smiled it the song, Remember me this way the same one I sung months ago. The other students moved out of the way. They notice we wasn't dancing stiffly like last time but move like we was enjoying the slow dance.
Ryo leaned over to me as the song came to a conclusion. "You, dear lady, are truly one in a million. You have won my heart, and that is something that no one has ever been able to do." Ryo said very quietly. " As you did Ryo, I know I am hard headed at times and high spirited but that is how I am. But it seems fate deiced to be kind to me in letting me find you." I said as the song, and the dance ended, the two of us headed out to their waiting limo, this time with Kento doing the driving, and Sage riding shotgun.
"You want to ditchs the limos and go on foot? So the others can't get us?" I smiled wanting to walk and let the other worry slighty as pay back. "Sure. It won't be easy, but I'd rather spend time with you than be shuttled back to the manor without time alone together." said Ryo, with a mischevious look on his face. I gave him my own look of mischevious, we probaly was going to worry Cye to death but hey, maybe it do him some good. "Oh? Well atlest we don't have to worry about Kento's driving. That is scary." I said to Ryo smiling. "That is true. Kento is a bit of a crazy driver at times." Ryo said, remembering some of the stunts that the Ronin of Justice had pulled in his van driving the team to and from places. We both took off walking qiuckly into the shadows to avoid the others. We laughed and talked on our walk to the house, we was about to walk into the manor when Ryo stopped me.
"I wanted to thank you for tonight, Serenea. I know that Harry and Mia set us up, but I think it worked out for the best." he said. And as I prepared to open the door to the manor, he gently grabbed me by the waist, and laid a gentle, soul stirring kiss on my lips. " What the?!" I heard Cye yelled from inside and opened the door before but he or the others could say a thing I put a hand in the air, stopping them. "Hold that thought for one second Cye." I said and then turned back to Ryo and kiss him back. "Come on, Ryo, run!" I yelled after breaking the kiss and grabing Ryo's right wrist and running as Cye lost it.
"RYO! SERENEA! When I get my hands on the two of you, you both will be so DEAD that it will take Kayura and the staff to bring you back!" He screamed as we took off running. "That if you can cacth us!" I yelled back as we disappered into the woods. An hour later after walking and talking I stuck my head in the house. "Is it safe to come in?" I asked Kayura but I saw a red faced Cye. " Uh oh. Guess not." I said about to leave again.
"If you two want to avoid having Cye call the police out after you, come on in." said Harry, who was trying to keep Cye from jumping out the door, and going after Ryo. We accepted the invitation, and headed on in. I saw the smug looks the others had. "What are those looks for?" I asked criously. "So you two do care for each other and what happen on the door steps prove it." Sage said. " Um, Sage, buddy nothing happened." Ryo said, everyone looked at Ryo and I like we was carzy, I nodded. " Yea, nothing happen." I said then turned to Ryo.
"Right Ryo? Nothing happened did it?" I asked. " Nope. Nothing that hasn't been going on for about month." He said kissing me again. "Will you two behave yourselves for just a minute?" moaned Harry, as Cye was beginning to see red. "Kayura and I have suspected for a while that you two cared for each other, so, when we heard that there was a dance coming up at the high school, we decided to bring everything out into the open." My mentor stated. "With a little help from the rest of the team, we set each of you up with the other: Me preparing Ryo, Mia with you, Serenea. The Seasonals and myself got the limosine ready, Rowen agreed to keep an eye on the two of you, Sage and Kento agreed to drive, and Cale and Sheckmet decided to make sure that you wouldn't back out. I'm sorry we had to do it like this, but it was the only way we could think of to bring your feelings for each other out into the open."
"The only thing that we didn't count on was Cye's reaction to Ryo kissing you, Serenea and you kissing him back. And for that we are sorry." said Kayura. " We could have done it when we was good and ready." I snapped but my anger was already fused out. " I'm still not thrilled with Ryo kissing you Serenea. After all, I AM supposed to watch out for you, keep you safe and such, like a good big brother." Cye said. " You may not be thrilled not but I am. But if you don't like then you guys shouldn't have froced it out of us." I muttered holding Ryo's hand in mine.
"As we said Serenea, we are sorry for that." said Anubis, who walked in from the kitchen. "It was just that we could see how much you cared for each other, but wouldn't admit it. So we pulled this off to bring it to the front." he said. " We was waiting for the right time. You all know it wasn't right trying to froce it out of us. Luckly for you some of what Kat told me once stuck with me or you guys would be dead." I said to them. "I'm sorry that things turned out this way Serenea. If we could have, we would have let things go there natural way, but the dance was just too good an oportunity to pass up." said Harry, looking at Kayura.
I nodded then a thought came to me. " Oh yea, one more thing." I turned and punched Sage square in the jaw knocking him to the ground. "What I say, I deliver." I said flipping my hair over my shoulder. Sage was hurting from the punch that I delivered. "Did anyone get the number of that Warlord?" he said, trying to make a joke out of the incident." Yep. Serenea." Kento said helping Sage up, I spun around to him. "Wacth it Kento. You're still on my to kill list anyway." I said to Kento and with that, me and Ryo started to leave for our respective rooms.
Ryo turned toward me as we got upstairs. "You know, I do love you Serenea. There aren't many people that can or would do to Sage, what you just did. It proves that you can still take care of yourself, even without the armor." he quietly said. " I know." I said then sighed. " Ryo I know this is a bad time but ..." "But what Serenea?" he asked, looking at me curiously. " I sense another evil is coming. It maybe be my imagation but I sense it." I said qiuetly, looking at the ground. " I know." I looked up shocked. " I've known all day. But lets live normal for awhile we not sure if it just we not use to Arco being gone or what." He said, I nodded, looking him in the eyes. "Then lets do just that. Live each day as if we are normal people, until the call to arms is recevied again." I said as I moved closer to him, our lips within inches of each other.
As we moved closer a small noise was heard from behind us. Rubbing his eyes, was a half awake Yuli. He had been awaken by the noise of the argument downstairs. " Hi kid." I said to Yuli, I wasn't angery at him because I knew he didn't mean to stop us and he became like a little brother to me when Ryo disappered. "Are you two OK? I heard some yelling downstairs, and I got up to see what the problem was?" he asked, looking at his two favorite people. "Don't worry Yuli. Cye was just upset over something, and it didn't have anything to do with Kento. Just go back to sleep, and we'll see you in the morning." Ryo said.Yuli start to leave but came back and he came over to the both of us, and gave us a big hug. "You two are the best friends I could ever ask for. I hope that you stay together forever." he said, as he headed back to bed. I smiled as he left then turned back to Ryo with a mischevious smile.
" Now where was we?" Ryo looked around to make sure that no one else was nearby. Seeing that the coast was clear, he again pulled me to him, giving me a kiss that left me in a state of total joy toward the young man that I knew that I loved. I laid my head on his shoulder making it look like we we was talking but both of us wacthed out of the coner of our eyes seeing two other couples.
"Ahh young love." Mia said to Anubis who was standing beside her. " It about time those two showed their affection for each other. I was beginning to doubt." Anubis said. " Yea, I remember when you told me how you felt." Mia said, it happen a month after I came to the manor, while they was alone Anubis told Mia how he felt about her and the feeling was mutal. Anubis nodded remembering that day well and reach down and gently kissed Mia, Mia returned the kiss and then they wacthed abit longer before leaving to go to their rooms.
The other couple was abit more qiuet. " Look like we was right my lady about both of the couples." Harry said to Kaurya, she nodded and wacth as Anubis and Mia kissed as well. Harry decieding to take a lesson from the two couples reached down and kissed Kaurya, she galdly returned the kiss but when they too left Ryo spoke.
"I think we need a plan to get back at the others and to teach them a lesson. And I think Kento and Sage should also be taught a lesson along with the two couples. " Ryo said, I nodded and we made a plan. That night we set up our pranks and went to our own rooms laughing.
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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 please tell us what you think about the story.
The others got tried of Ryo and Serenea not telling the others how we felt about each other so they came up with a plan to make it happen and so they could have alittle fun, the plan involed the Winter's Kiss Dance at the school. But if what Kat once told Serenea didn't come back to her it would have worked badly, of course when Ryo kissed Serenea on the doorsteps infront of the others Cye nearly killed him. Things seem to be normal but what is Ryo and Serenea doing? It looks like you have to find out in Chapter 23: Pranks and a new beginning
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My partner's email adress is harryV3rd@hotmail.com but I ask any flames will be directed towards me, my adress is icefire_lady_warrior_of_hope@yahoo.com