Chapter 23: Pranks and a wraning
During the night before we hid Harry's glass in the kicten, Kento's food had ended up in front of Cye's room. The floors to both Mia and Kayura's rooms had been coated with hair gel (Sage's) and we put a bucket of water on both Anubis's and Sage's doors so when they opens the door, it would fall on them. In the moring when Ryo and I was going down stairs we heard some of our tarps go off. " RYO!!!" "SERENEA!!!" " Uh oh looks likes we've been caught. Time to make an exit Ryo, stage left." I said as we ran down the stairs trying to make a break for the door.
As we headed out the door, Anubis caught up with us. The former warlord of Cruelty was looking very wet, with the remains of the water still dripping off of him. "My compliments to the two of you. It has been quite a while since anyone pulled a stunt like that on me. So, as payback for that, you two will be pulling double training with me for two months, starting tomorrow. And if you skip, we extend the sessions by one day for each time you skip. See you later." he said, as he headed for the kitchen, I wacth him leave.
"That doesn't sound good Ryo he let us off too easy." "True. But remember what one of Anubis's training sessions are like Serenea. Now double that and you'll see that instead of getting off easy, we are definetly in for a major amount of training." he said, as he took hold of my hand. " Good point. Now let get out of here before Kaurya, Kento, Sage, Harry or Mia cacthes us." I said as we moved to leave.
As we headed out the door, a roar was heard from the kitchen, and it was not pleasant. "I think Harry just found his glasses." Said a nervous Ryo. "I think we had better get moving. When Harry sounds like that, someone is going to be in a world of pain when he finds them, and I would rather have it that we are out of cacthing range for a while." I said, as we ran toward the woods. "I agree on that one." Ryo said as we reached the edge of the forest. " Looks like we'll home free." As we reached the woods, we stopped to catch our breath. "Now the question is, how long do we stay out here?" asked Ryo. "Until we are sure that everyone has calmed down." I answered.
As we sat down in the woods, we were joined a few minutes later by two people that were not angry at us: Yuli and Dais. "I heard that you two pulled a few pranks last night. I wish you had contacted me before you had done them." said the Ronin of Illuision. "And why is that Dais?" I asked. "I could have given the two of you a few pointers that would have given you an edge over getting caught so soon." he answered. "I'm just worried that Mia and Kayura will do something to you." said Yuli, his face showing his fear.
"Yea I'm worried about Kento, Sage and Harry. Mostly Harry he'll kill us for taking his glasses." I said to Yuli then another thought came to me. "You sure you guys want to be here? If they cacth you guys here with us they may think you was involed in it too." Dais just laughed. "The rest of the Seasonals know that besides being the resident mind game player, I am also something of a practical joker at times. They won't hurt me. And as far as Yuli is concerned, this young man is a member of the family, and has a right to express his concerns. No one will hurt him. But the two of you WILL have to face the music sooner or later." Dais stated. "Yea but I think we wait untill they calm down before we go back. Anubis done gave us double training each day for two months." I said to him thinking about what we going to do when the others DID find us.
"That's Anubis. If you get him angery, he'll just put you through extra training. He just want's the best for both of you, especially you Serenea. You almost died using Blizzard for the first time, and I think that part of the extra training is to make you stronger so if you have to call upon that armor again, you can handle it better." Dais stated. The news of my nearly dying caused Yuli's eyes to nearly bug out of his head. "Serenea, you nearly died out there? Don't do that again, please?" he pleaded with me. "Actally I did died Yuli, but I have no intention of doing it again. Of course when the others find us both, Ryo and I may visting the spirit realm."
Just then, a rustling was heard, and Sheckmet stepped out and turned to me and Ryo. "The two of you are wanted back at the house. And I was told to tell you that No is not an acceptable answer." he said, looking at the two of us knowing that were going to have to do some answering. "Looks like it's time to pay the piper." I said, as Ryo and I headed back to the house.
As the two of us returned to the manor, I made a decision, and shared it with Ryo: Explain why we did it, and hope that it would calm everyone down. If it didn't THEN we would leave. As we entered the manor, we were escorted to the living room, where Mia, Kayura, Sage, Kento, Anubis and Harry were waiting. Their faces were expressionless, which made me nervous. Also present were the rest of the Elementals and the Seasonals. "All Rise: The case of Ryo Sandrea and Serenea Mouri vs. Mia Koji et al will now come to order. The Honorable Rowen Hashiba will now here the case." called out Cye, acting as court clerk. Ryo and I exchanged curious glances, wondering what was going on.
Rowen stood up before the rest of the team. "I was asked to handle this situation, since I was the only one NOT directly involved in all the pranks last night. But before that, I would like to hear from all parties involved before any decision is rendered." he said. And with that, Rowen proceeded to ask questions of each one of the parties involved, saving me and Ryo for last. "Now I have some questions for the two of you. Why did you decide to pull these pranks off last night, and why against these people in particular?" Rowen asked, in a voice that was friendly but firm in manner.
I spoke first. "Ryo and I do care for each other, Rowen. But we wanted to take it slow and easy, enjoy being normal people as much as possible. We didn't know that we were set up by Harry, Mia, Kayura and the rest of the team. It was very embaressing to be set up on a blind date like that and to have two of our friends make sure it was carried out. When we got back last night, we saw the two couples being open and enjoying each other, we just decided to pay some people back inculding the ones that made sure the plans was carried out." I said.
Ryo then spoke up. "What we did was wrong, BUT, we did no serious harm to anyone, except maybe to Cye's nerves when Kento showed up, but it was time to remind everyone that while we enjoy being in each others company, and the love that we share, we don't like being forced into a relationship." Responded the Ronin Leader. Rowen nodded. "I may not be the Ronin of Justice, but I do understand a bit about life and love. I'm going out to the woods for a few minutes to contemplate what I've heard, and render a decision." He said.
After about 15 minutes, Rowen returned. "OK, if everyone will sit down, I've made my decision," he said. He first turned to the older couples of Anubis and Mia, Harry and Kayura. "I understand your wanting to push this couple together. We all could see that they belonged together. But this was definetly NOT the way to do it." He then turned toward Ryo and me. "I also understand your pulling the pranks that you did. Sometimes you need to act childish to make a point to people." He then turned toward all those present.
"My decision is the following: Harry, you, Kayura, Mia, as well as Serenea and Ryo will go to Anubis's training camp for at least one week. If you skip for any reason other than unavoidable conflicts, you have to attend an extra day. Ryo and Serenea, you will work under Mia's supervision to help clean up any damage that was done to the manor due to your pranks. That is my decision. This case is ordered closed." he said, as he headed out of the living room. I sighed relief but wacthed the victims of our pranks cautionly "Rowen are you out of your mind! They deserve a much more severe punishment!" said Kayura. Harry stepped over and moved her off to the side. "Kayura, I have no problem with the order. It's fair and just." he said.
"Yea but why do I have the feeling we going to need to wacth our backs?" I asked Ryo in a whisper, I expected them to get mad but not this mad. "Something tells me that Harry is taking care of matters with Kayura. And Mia has a tendency to calm down after a while, so let's see what happens." Ryo stated, looking at me with love and respect. " Yea but it doesn't kill to be cautious." I said to him smiling at him. "True." he said, kissing me gently to try and help me to relax. I pulled away and shook my head.
"Sorry Ryo but I don't think this is the right time or place." I said aploizly as I nodded over at the others. Ryo nodded. "We'll just have to wait and see." he said, his eyes radiating the love he felt for me. I smiled but then felt a cold chill run down my spine, I moved away from Ryo over to Kisha who was growling at the door with her hairs standing on ends like she just sensed something that scared her or was trouble.
"What is it girl? What's the problem?" I asked, as I moved toward where my wolf was growling at. I opened the door and found a piece of parchment with a black ribbon. Black ribbon? Why does that seem famliar? I picked it up but then dorpped it feeling a shock run thourgh me. I held my hand in pain it looked like it was burned. The parchment was written in runes that seemed familiar to me, almost as if they were written specifically for me!
I tried to pick it up again but again I was shocked but this time I did cry out and a shock of electric run over the parchment as I dorpped it, my other hand was burned bad, Ryo reached over to me. "What's with you and that parchment?" he asked. " %#$@ing shit! It's from him!" I yelpped pain and anger. The team looked at me with wonder. Who was this him that had her cursing? Cye asked himself.
"You are right child." I turned to Kima who just appered. "I'm sorry I never thought he come after you like this, not after you fought Arco." She said looking at me saddly. "We should not have unestamided him. He swore to get me for his defeat so I should have expected it. But that %^#ing hurts he must have used dark lighting again." I said to Kima holding both my hands in pain. "You mean like Cale uses?" asked Harry, worried about me, and the young lady that he thought of like a daughter. "No wrose. It give who ever touchs it the shock of their life and most of the time it kills them. Luckly it wasn't meant to kill me, it a wraning. I can't believe that %^#%er would come now after Arco's defeat." "But who is this person that is threatening you Serenea?" asked Ryo, worried. "Someone who's been holding a gurde since the first Ronins."
"Since the first Ronins!" yelled Harry and Ryo. "That goes back even before you were born." They stated. Even the Seasonals were stunned by the news. "Of course. It's a gurde a neter lord had agansit Kima when she defeated him in battle. He swore to get back at her by means of the next bearer of the armor of Icefire. And guess who that is?" I asked with scarcam as I started to heal my hands.
Kayura shook her head. "So, now that the armor of Icefire is back, he wants revenge against the new armor bearer, correct?" she asked. " Yep. And it looks like he wasn't bluffing." I said showing my burned hands, they was still burned since I couldn't heal them, too big for my powers to handle without overdoing it. Sage moved over, and put his hands over mine.
Ryo started to move, but Harry could see what was going on, and gently held him back, as Sage healed the burns that I couldn't on my hands. "Whoever did this is one sick puppy." he said, stating the obvious. " You could say that, even Talpa was wary of him." I said flinching as Sage healed my hands. Talpa. . . Wary of someone? I never thought that I would hear that. Thought Anubis, as he looked on in wonder. I looked at Anubis, rembering he was once the leader of the warlords and might know who was the person. " Does the name Kojki ring a bell?"
That name DID ring a bell in Anubis's head. And it was not a pleasant memory. "If we are going to deal with him, we may not have enough power." he said, with a worried look on his face. " Don't worry we have enough. He's not as stong as he was three hundred years ago." "If he wasn't so strong, then how come your hands got burned?" asked Anubis, causing me to blush with embaressement.
"That because this from the neter world and I didn't realize what it was untill it was a little too late. Trust me on this, he been looking for mine and the other Counterpart armors since Kima defeated him." I said but I then realized I said too much. "How would you know about that, since you only recently got to know about the Blizzard armor, and you haven't had a chance to know the history of the Icefire armor." asked Mia.
I bit my tongue realizing my mistake in telling them even that much. Kayura looked over at me, the staff starting to ring, softly, as if whispering into her mind. "BY the Ancients, no wonder you remembered about that battle: YOU were there!" she exclaimed. " Why do you say that Kaurya?" I asked calmly. "Because the only way that you could have known about that is if you were either there, which is impossible, or you actually lived it." Declared Kayura. "You not compeltely wrong. I wasn't even thought of then but in a way I was there." I said slowly wondering what I could tell them. "Try and explain what you mean Serenea." said Harry, his curiosity aroused. I bit my lip knowing I was in too deep to back out and not tell them but I didn't know how to explain something like this.
"Who or what else was in that battle other then Kima and Kojki?" I asked them wondering if they cacth on so it be easier to explain. "None of us were there for that battle Serenea." said Dais, as he looked at his fellow Seasonals. I shook my head. "The armor was there. I've seen that memory and others became who or what ever held the armor after Kima's death made it where I could see the battles in dreams or visions as long as the battle was with the armor or sub armor of Icefire. And who ever had the armor must have followed Kojki around to see if he was bluffing or not." I said.
"Then who could have it have been?" wondered Rowen, as he looked out the window. I shook my head. "Something happened when I got my armor but it hard to remember because I was sick from Kalia's posion. There was voices but I can't remember what they said." I said trying to remember. "Perhaps someone who was there for the battle." Remarked Cale, looking on in interest.
"No who ever protected the armor was not in that battle. They didn't even know about that battle untill they was gave the duty of protecting the armor." "Then who?" asked Kento, who was munching on a doughnut. "If I remember I would tell you. But I can't." "Then perhaps the Ancient Staff can be of some help." Kayura offered, as she stood up, carrying the staff in her hand. I nodded, Kayura raised the Ancient Staff, and began to chant as Kima left. Meanwhile ...
"So they decied to use the staff. It time all five of them remember and it time for the armor to apper." The Ancient said to Kima who just appered as he wacthed.
(flash back) " You know what I ask of the five of you. You'll never know you are the ones who protect the armor." The Ancient One said to the five people. "We know. I hate not knowing but who better to protect the armor from Talpa then his own warlords and Lady Kaurya?" Asked Cale. "Yes but when you all wake up you won't remember any of this." "We know." Anubis said as he and Dais, Cale, Sheckmet and Kayura took the armor orb. (end flash back)
I jerked back remembering the visions and I saw the what just happened. " You?" I asked them in suprise. Anubis was holding his head, as he tried to absorb the memories that had been hidden from him and the rest of the Seasonals. "I think so ..... It's just going to take a while for all of the memories to be reconciled with what we have learned." said Anubis. " So you was the ones. But you all was unconsince when you took the armor. Who best to protect the armor from Talpa then his warlords and Lady Kayura, right Cale?" I asked qouteing what he said before, Cale nodded.
"With someone like Talpa, it was best to keep things away from him, before he got too power hungry." he stated." I know." I said but I was hiding my surprise at them being the ones who gaurded my armor, after they was once the warlords. "We could not allow Talpa to find out about it. If he had, he would have tried to summon the Blizzard armor, and that would have been the end of the Dynasty Wars." said Dais.
"Yep. And the end of everything." Ryo said then ... " Yuli!" Mia yelped. I turned and saw Yuli holding a kanji orb looking as surprised as the rest of the guys. "Mia, Serenea, what's going on? One minute I was listening to your story, and the next, I find this kanji ball in my hands." he said, a tremble of worry in his voice. "It okay Yuli. This is something that was souppe to happen. It your armor." I said kneeling infront of him smiling.
"Me? With armor? COOL!" he said, as he exmained the kanji orb. This knowledge though, caused a look of wonder on Harry's face. "Serenea, how did you know that Yuli was going to bear armor?" he calmly asked. "Um ... I was told." I said qiuetly. "Told? By who?" Asked Kayura. " The Ancient. I kind of guessed Yuli had a bigger part in this then it seemed since he was the one that help me the first time I felt power of Blizzard
and since he saw what would happen if I didn't don the armor of Blizzard. So I asked and I was told Yuli was going to recieve armor soon." I said standing up.
This news shocked everyone but Yuli and myself. "Yuli, why didn't you tell me about this vision of yours regarding the armor of Blizzard?" asked Mia, wondering what had happened to the young man that she had taken on as a ward of her family, they never found Yuli's real parents so Mia adpoted Yuli as her son. "Go ahead and tell them Yuli. And about the bracelet." I said to him. " Well, a while back, Serenea gave me the bracelet to take care of. It had the symbols on it for all the traits of the different armors on it. She told me to keep it in safe keeping for her, and to use it only in the most dire of emergencies. And then, when we moved to the temple, I got a vision in a dream that said that If Serenea didn't use her new armor, everyone would . . . die!" he said in a very quiet voice.
"He's the reason we won when the warlords drouble crossed us." I said to my friends. That news even shocked Harry. "He was the reason we won? But how?" he asked. " He used the braclet. It gave me a taste of the power of Blizzard." I said smiling at Yuli, Harry nodded. "So that is how you were able to break out of that double cross sneak attack." he said, with a smile that showed he appreciated me being honest about what was happening.
"Yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys about this ealier but I had a feeling I had to keep slient about it." Sage nodded. "Sometimes we need to keep secrets from one another. Right now though, two big questions: What is the armor that Yuli has recevied, and what does this asshole name Kojki want with us?" he asked. "Armor of Storm. I think." Yuli said then I spoke. "Kojki doesn't want you guys. It's me he wants and it's me he'll get. This is a battle you guys aren't fighting." I said sternly.
Harry stepped up. "Like hell you are, Serenea. A battle that affects one member of the team affects us all. YOU are not going into battle alone. Besides, we need to figure out how to get Yuli trained in the use of his armor, and you and Ryo have extra training with Anubis for a while, correct?" he stated. "Yea I do. And Yuli does need training. But I'm not going to let you guys fight Kojki. I'm not going to let the twelve of you get into something that doesn't affect you. It my battle, not yours." I said qiuetly but frimly.
Harry just shook his head. "If you go into battle against Kojki, we'll be there for you. You may have to fight him alone, but you are not going into battle alone." he said, with a look of determination on his face, I nodded. "Then we don't have much time, it will begin again soon." I said qiuetly.
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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 also belongs to my friend and panter Harry since he and I are cowriting this story. Harry helping me a lot in this story so he desreve the cerdit too. And please tell us what you think about the story.
It looks like a new evil coming but not for two months. Will the Ronins be able to fight this new evil and what else is thorwn at them? Find out in the squel: Counterparts Arise!
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During the night before we hid Harry's glass in the kicten, Kento's food had ended up in front of Cye's room. The floors to both Mia and Kayura's rooms had been coated with hair gel (Sage's) and we put a bucket of water on both Anubis's and Sage's doors so when they opens the door, it would fall on them. In the moring when Ryo and I was going down stairs we heard some of our tarps go off. " RYO!!!" "SERENEA!!!" " Uh oh looks likes we've been caught. Time to make an exit Ryo, stage left." I said as we ran down the stairs trying to make a break for the door.
As we headed out the door, Anubis caught up with us. The former warlord of Cruelty was looking very wet, with the remains of the water still dripping off of him. "My compliments to the two of you. It has been quite a while since anyone pulled a stunt like that on me. So, as payback for that, you two will be pulling double training with me for two months, starting tomorrow. And if you skip, we extend the sessions by one day for each time you skip. See you later." he said, as he headed for the kitchen, I wacth him leave.
"That doesn't sound good Ryo he let us off too easy." "True. But remember what one of Anubis's training sessions are like Serenea. Now double that and you'll see that instead of getting off easy, we are definetly in for a major amount of training." he said, as he took hold of my hand. " Good point. Now let get out of here before Kaurya, Kento, Sage, Harry or Mia cacthes us." I said as we moved to leave.
As we headed out the door, a roar was heard from the kitchen, and it was not pleasant. "I think Harry just found his glasses." Said a nervous Ryo. "I think we had better get moving. When Harry sounds like that, someone is going to be in a world of pain when he finds them, and I would rather have it that we are out of cacthing range for a while." I said, as we ran toward the woods. "I agree on that one." Ryo said as we reached the edge of the forest. " Looks like we'll home free." As we reached the woods, we stopped to catch our breath. "Now the question is, how long do we stay out here?" asked Ryo. "Until we are sure that everyone has calmed down." I answered.
As we sat down in the woods, we were joined a few minutes later by two people that were not angry at us: Yuli and Dais. "I heard that you two pulled a few pranks last night. I wish you had contacted me before you had done them." said the Ronin of Illuision. "And why is that Dais?" I asked. "I could have given the two of you a few pointers that would have given you an edge over getting caught so soon." he answered. "I'm just worried that Mia and Kayura will do something to you." said Yuli, his face showing his fear.
"Yea I'm worried about Kento, Sage and Harry. Mostly Harry he'll kill us for taking his glasses." I said to Yuli then another thought came to me. "You sure you guys want to be here? If they cacth you guys here with us they may think you was involed in it too." Dais just laughed. "The rest of the Seasonals know that besides being the resident mind game player, I am also something of a practical joker at times. They won't hurt me. And as far as Yuli is concerned, this young man is a member of the family, and has a right to express his concerns. No one will hurt him. But the two of you WILL have to face the music sooner or later." Dais stated. "Yea but I think we wait untill they calm down before we go back. Anubis done gave us double training each day for two months." I said to him thinking about what we going to do when the others DID find us.
"That's Anubis. If you get him angery, he'll just put you through extra training. He just want's the best for both of you, especially you Serenea. You almost died using Blizzard for the first time, and I think that part of the extra training is to make you stronger so if you have to call upon that armor again, you can handle it better." Dais stated. The news of my nearly dying caused Yuli's eyes to nearly bug out of his head. "Serenea, you nearly died out there? Don't do that again, please?" he pleaded with me. "Actally I did died Yuli, but I have no intention of doing it again. Of course when the others find us both, Ryo and I may visting the spirit realm."
Just then, a rustling was heard, and Sheckmet stepped out and turned to me and Ryo. "The two of you are wanted back at the house. And I was told to tell you that No is not an acceptable answer." he said, looking at the two of us knowing that were going to have to do some answering. "Looks like it's time to pay the piper." I said, as Ryo and I headed back to the house.
As the two of us returned to the manor, I made a decision, and shared it with Ryo: Explain why we did it, and hope that it would calm everyone down. If it didn't THEN we would leave. As we entered the manor, we were escorted to the living room, where Mia, Kayura, Sage, Kento, Anubis and Harry were waiting. Their faces were expressionless, which made me nervous. Also present were the rest of the Elementals and the Seasonals. "All Rise: The case of Ryo Sandrea and Serenea Mouri vs. Mia Koji et al will now come to order. The Honorable Rowen Hashiba will now here the case." called out Cye, acting as court clerk. Ryo and I exchanged curious glances, wondering what was going on.
Rowen stood up before the rest of the team. "I was asked to handle this situation, since I was the only one NOT directly involved in all the pranks last night. But before that, I would like to hear from all parties involved before any decision is rendered." he said. And with that, Rowen proceeded to ask questions of each one of the parties involved, saving me and Ryo for last. "Now I have some questions for the two of you. Why did you decide to pull these pranks off last night, and why against these people in particular?" Rowen asked, in a voice that was friendly but firm in manner.
I spoke first. "Ryo and I do care for each other, Rowen. But we wanted to take it slow and easy, enjoy being normal people as much as possible. We didn't know that we were set up by Harry, Mia, Kayura and the rest of the team. It was very embaressing to be set up on a blind date like that and to have two of our friends make sure it was carried out. When we got back last night, we saw the two couples being open and enjoying each other, we just decided to pay some people back inculding the ones that made sure the plans was carried out." I said.
Ryo then spoke up. "What we did was wrong, BUT, we did no serious harm to anyone, except maybe to Cye's nerves when Kento showed up, but it was time to remind everyone that while we enjoy being in each others company, and the love that we share, we don't like being forced into a relationship." Responded the Ronin Leader. Rowen nodded. "I may not be the Ronin of Justice, but I do understand a bit about life and love. I'm going out to the woods for a few minutes to contemplate what I've heard, and render a decision." He said.
After about 15 minutes, Rowen returned. "OK, if everyone will sit down, I've made my decision," he said. He first turned to the older couples of Anubis and Mia, Harry and Kayura. "I understand your wanting to push this couple together. We all could see that they belonged together. But this was definetly NOT the way to do it." He then turned toward Ryo and me. "I also understand your pulling the pranks that you did. Sometimes you need to act childish to make a point to people." He then turned toward all those present.
"My decision is the following: Harry, you, Kayura, Mia, as well as Serenea and Ryo will go to Anubis's training camp for at least one week. If you skip for any reason other than unavoidable conflicts, you have to attend an extra day. Ryo and Serenea, you will work under Mia's supervision to help clean up any damage that was done to the manor due to your pranks. That is my decision. This case is ordered closed." he said, as he headed out of the living room. I sighed relief but wacthed the victims of our pranks cautionly "Rowen are you out of your mind! They deserve a much more severe punishment!" said Kayura. Harry stepped over and moved her off to the side. "Kayura, I have no problem with the order. It's fair and just." he said.
"Yea but why do I have the feeling we going to need to wacth our backs?" I asked Ryo in a whisper, I expected them to get mad but not this mad. "Something tells me that Harry is taking care of matters with Kayura. And Mia has a tendency to calm down after a while, so let's see what happens." Ryo stated, looking at me with love and respect. " Yea but it doesn't kill to be cautious." I said to him smiling at him. "True." he said, kissing me gently to try and help me to relax. I pulled away and shook my head.
"Sorry Ryo but I don't think this is the right time or place." I said aploizly as I nodded over at the others. Ryo nodded. "We'll just have to wait and see." he said, his eyes radiating the love he felt for me. I smiled but then felt a cold chill run down my spine, I moved away from Ryo over to Kisha who was growling at the door with her hairs standing on ends like she just sensed something that scared her or was trouble.
"What is it girl? What's the problem?" I asked, as I moved toward where my wolf was growling at. I opened the door and found a piece of parchment with a black ribbon. Black ribbon? Why does that seem famliar? I picked it up but then dorpped it feeling a shock run thourgh me. I held my hand in pain it looked like it was burned. The parchment was written in runes that seemed familiar to me, almost as if they were written specifically for me!
I tried to pick it up again but again I was shocked but this time I did cry out and a shock of electric run over the parchment as I dorpped it, my other hand was burned bad, Ryo reached over to me. "What's with you and that parchment?" he asked. " %#$@ing shit! It's from him!" I yelpped pain and anger. The team looked at me with wonder. Who was this him that had her cursing? Cye asked himself.
"You are right child." I turned to Kima who just appered. "I'm sorry I never thought he come after you like this, not after you fought Arco." She said looking at me saddly. "We should not have unestamided him. He swore to get me for his defeat so I should have expected it. But that %^#ing hurts he must have used dark lighting again." I said to Kima holding both my hands in pain. "You mean like Cale uses?" asked Harry, worried about me, and the young lady that he thought of like a daughter. "No wrose. It give who ever touchs it the shock of their life and most of the time it kills them. Luckly it wasn't meant to kill me, it a wraning. I can't believe that %^#%er would come now after Arco's defeat." "But who is this person that is threatening you Serenea?" asked Ryo, worried. "Someone who's been holding a gurde since the first Ronins."
"Since the first Ronins!" yelled Harry and Ryo. "That goes back even before you were born." They stated. Even the Seasonals were stunned by the news. "Of course. It's a gurde a neter lord had agansit Kima when she defeated him in battle. He swore to get back at her by means of the next bearer of the armor of Icefire. And guess who that is?" I asked with scarcam as I started to heal my hands.
Kayura shook her head. "So, now that the armor of Icefire is back, he wants revenge against the new armor bearer, correct?" she asked. " Yep. And it looks like he wasn't bluffing." I said showing my burned hands, they was still burned since I couldn't heal them, too big for my powers to handle without overdoing it. Sage moved over, and put his hands over mine.
Ryo started to move, but Harry could see what was going on, and gently held him back, as Sage healed the burns that I couldn't on my hands. "Whoever did this is one sick puppy." he said, stating the obvious. " You could say that, even Talpa was wary of him." I said flinching as Sage healed my hands. Talpa. . . Wary of someone? I never thought that I would hear that. Thought Anubis, as he looked on in wonder. I looked at Anubis, rembering he was once the leader of the warlords and might know who was the person. " Does the name Kojki ring a bell?"
That name DID ring a bell in Anubis's head. And it was not a pleasant memory. "If we are going to deal with him, we may not have enough power." he said, with a worried look on his face. " Don't worry we have enough. He's not as stong as he was three hundred years ago." "If he wasn't so strong, then how come your hands got burned?" asked Anubis, causing me to blush with embaressement.
"That because this from the neter world and I didn't realize what it was untill it was a little too late. Trust me on this, he been looking for mine and the other Counterpart armors since Kima defeated him." I said but I then realized I said too much. "How would you know about that, since you only recently got to know about the Blizzard armor, and you haven't had a chance to know the history of the Icefire armor." asked Mia.
I bit my tongue realizing my mistake in telling them even that much. Kayura looked over at me, the staff starting to ring, softly, as if whispering into her mind. "BY the Ancients, no wonder you remembered about that battle: YOU were there!" she exclaimed. " Why do you say that Kaurya?" I asked calmly. "Because the only way that you could have known about that is if you were either there, which is impossible, or you actually lived it." Declared Kayura. "You not compeltely wrong. I wasn't even thought of then but in a way I was there." I said slowly wondering what I could tell them. "Try and explain what you mean Serenea." said Harry, his curiosity aroused. I bit my lip knowing I was in too deep to back out and not tell them but I didn't know how to explain something like this.
"Who or what else was in that battle other then Kima and Kojki?" I asked them wondering if they cacth on so it be easier to explain. "None of us were there for that battle Serenea." said Dais, as he looked at his fellow Seasonals. I shook my head. "The armor was there. I've seen that memory and others became who or what ever held the armor after Kima's death made it where I could see the battles in dreams or visions as long as the battle was with the armor or sub armor of Icefire. And who ever had the armor must have followed Kojki around to see if he was bluffing or not." I said.
"Then who could have it have been?" wondered Rowen, as he looked out the window. I shook my head. "Something happened when I got my armor but it hard to remember because I was sick from Kalia's posion. There was voices but I can't remember what they said." I said trying to remember. "Perhaps someone who was there for the battle." Remarked Cale, looking on in interest.
"No who ever protected the armor was not in that battle. They didn't even know about that battle untill they was gave the duty of protecting the armor." "Then who?" asked Kento, who was munching on a doughnut. "If I remember I would tell you. But I can't." "Then perhaps the Ancient Staff can be of some help." Kayura offered, as she stood up, carrying the staff in her hand. I nodded, Kayura raised the Ancient Staff, and began to chant as Kima left. Meanwhile ...
"So they decied to use the staff. It time all five of them remember and it time for the armor to apper." The Ancient said to Kima who just appered as he wacthed.
(flash back) " You know what I ask of the five of you. You'll never know you are the ones who protect the armor." The Ancient One said to the five people. "We know. I hate not knowing but who better to protect the armor from Talpa then his own warlords and Lady Kaurya?" Asked Cale. "Yes but when you all wake up you won't remember any of this." "We know." Anubis said as he and Dais, Cale, Sheckmet and Kayura took the armor orb. (end flash back)
I jerked back remembering the visions and I saw the what just happened. " You?" I asked them in suprise. Anubis was holding his head, as he tried to absorb the memories that had been hidden from him and the rest of the Seasonals. "I think so ..... It's just going to take a while for all of the memories to be reconciled with what we have learned." said Anubis. " So you was the ones. But you all was unconsince when you took the armor. Who best to protect the armor from Talpa then his warlords and Lady Kayura, right Cale?" I asked qouteing what he said before, Cale nodded.
"With someone like Talpa, it was best to keep things away from him, before he got too power hungry." he stated." I know." I said but I was hiding my surprise at them being the ones who gaurded my armor, after they was once the warlords. "We could not allow Talpa to find out about it. If he had, he would have tried to summon the Blizzard armor, and that would have been the end of the Dynasty Wars." said Dais.
"Yep. And the end of everything." Ryo said then ... " Yuli!" Mia yelped. I turned and saw Yuli holding a kanji orb looking as surprised as the rest of the guys. "Mia, Serenea, what's going on? One minute I was listening to your story, and the next, I find this kanji ball in my hands." he said, a tremble of worry in his voice. "It okay Yuli. This is something that was souppe to happen. It your armor." I said kneeling infront of him smiling.
"Me? With armor? COOL!" he said, as he exmained the kanji orb. This knowledge though, caused a look of wonder on Harry's face. "Serenea, how did you know that Yuli was going to bear armor?" he calmly asked. "Um ... I was told." I said qiuetly. "Told? By who?" Asked Kayura. " The Ancient. I kind of guessed Yuli had a bigger part in this then it seemed since he was the one that help me the first time I felt power of Blizzard
and since he saw what would happen if I didn't don the armor of Blizzard. So I asked and I was told Yuli was going to recieve armor soon." I said standing up.
This news shocked everyone but Yuli and myself. "Yuli, why didn't you tell me about this vision of yours regarding the armor of Blizzard?" asked Mia, wondering what had happened to the young man that she had taken on as a ward of her family, they never found Yuli's real parents so Mia adpoted Yuli as her son. "Go ahead and tell them Yuli. And about the bracelet." I said to him. " Well, a while back, Serenea gave me the bracelet to take care of. It had the symbols on it for all the traits of the different armors on it. She told me to keep it in safe keeping for her, and to use it only in the most dire of emergencies. And then, when we moved to the temple, I got a vision in a dream that said that If Serenea didn't use her new armor, everyone would . . . die!" he said in a very quiet voice.
"He's the reason we won when the warlords drouble crossed us." I said to my friends. That news even shocked Harry. "He was the reason we won? But how?" he asked. " He used the braclet. It gave me a taste of the power of Blizzard." I said smiling at Yuli, Harry nodded. "So that is how you were able to break out of that double cross sneak attack." he said, with a smile that showed he appreciated me being honest about what was happening.
"Yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys about this ealier but I had a feeling I had to keep slient about it." Sage nodded. "Sometimes we need to keep secrets from one another. Right now though, two big questions: What is the armor that Yuli has recevied, and what does this asshole name Kojki want with us?" he asked. "Armor of Storm. I think." Yuli said then I spoke. "Kojki doesn't want you guys. It's me he wants and it's me he'll get. This is a battle you guys aren't fighting." I said sternly.
Harry stepped up. "Like hell you are, Serenea. A battle that affects one member of the team affects us all. YOU are not going into battle alone. Besides, we need to figure out how to get Yuli trained in the use of his armor, and you and Ryo have extra training with Anubis for a while, correct?" he stated. "Yea I do. And Yuli does need training. But I'm not going to let you guys fight Kojki. I'm not going to let the twelve of you get into something that doesn't affect you. It my battle, not yours." I said qiuetly but frimly.
Harry just shook his head. "If you go into battle against Kojki, we'll be there for you. You may have to fight him alone, but you are not going into battle alone." he said, with a look of determination on his face, I nodded. "Then we don't have much time, it will begin again soon." I said qiuetly.
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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 also belongs to my friend and panter Harry since he and I are cowriting this story. Harry helping me a lot in this story so he desreve the cerdit too. And please tell us what you think about the story.
It looks like a new evil coming but not for two months. Will the Ronins be able to fight this new evil and what else is thorwn at them? Find out in the squel: Counterparts Arise!
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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