Disclaimer: as I'm sure you all know I do not own Ronin Warriors, but I do own all the original characters in this story.  Now that that is out of the way, on with the story.

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This is the sequel to Destiny's Warrior. If you haven't read that please read it first. Or things in this story might get confusing.

A loud battle cry ripped through the air as Ryo ran out of the forest. 'All right where is she' he thought as he looked around the clearing. 

"I have you now." A girl yelled as she jumped out of her perch in the tree sword raised to attack.

Ryo quickly brought his sword up to block her attack. He pushed her sword away and swung at her hand. The girl quickly dodged the blow and parried his attack. The two went at it blocking the others attack then making their own.  They swung their swords with such force that they both flew out of their hands, With out a weapon the two fighter locked hands and pushed testing the others strength.  Ryo easily had the advantage of being stronger over the girl.

"I have to think of something quick,' she thought. 'He's stronger than I am and if we keep this up, I'm defiantly going to lose.' Then an idea quickly flashed through her mind.  Getting an evil smirk on her face she quickly leaned in and gave Ryo an assertive kiss on the lips.  Ryo, not thinking, leaned into the kiss relaxing his arms giving the female just enough time to quickly pull away and knock his feet from under him, landing him flat on his back. Ryo stared up at the sky in shock that he had just lost when a pretty smiling face appeared in front of him.

"Need any help?" she asked kindly as she held out her hand to help Ryo up.

Ryo frowned and pushed her hand away. "Hey, Sakura, that's not fair." He said as he stood up brushing himself off.

"Of course it is." Sakura said with a giggle. "All's fair in love and war." She said smiling at him.

"No its not." Ryo said staring at her with his arms crossed. He was more upset with the fact that he had lost their little training session than her tactics, but why not make her fret a little.

Sakura seeing the upset look on his face moved closer to him and put her arms around his neck.

"I'm sorry," she said.

Ryo smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. It was hard to stay mad at her. He couldn't even pretend to be for long.

"If you want, I know a way I can make it up to you. Wildfire." Sakura added softly as she slowly leaned in for another kiss.

"RYO!" A voice said interrupting their kiss.

"I'm busy, Yulie." He answered as he tried to continue the kiss when the little boy appeared.

"But, Ryo, it's an emergency." Yulie whined.

Ryo sighed, "All right," he yelled. "Forgive me?" he questioned Sakura.

She smiled at him, "Don't I always." She said as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "We can finish later." She added softly as she let go of him and went to retrieve her sword. Ryo stared at her retreating back a while longer before Yulie grabbed his hand. "We have to hurry." He said as he dragged Ryo towards the city. Sakura smiled and headed for the house. Whatever was wrong it must not be too bad if Talon hadn't come directly to her. Ryo could probably handle it himself. 'Still,' she thought to herself. 'Why couldn't Yulie have gotten someone else' she thought thinking of their interrupted kiss.

Unknown to Sakura and Ryo, their entire training session had been watched by a crow sitting in the trees.  It was wearing a glowing green medallion. When the bird saw the two separate, it took off into the air its mission complete.