Disclaimer: I don't own the Ronins. I'm poor.
Pain of the Sword v2.0
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Cye jumped out of his daze as the back door swung open. In walked a ragged crew of Ronin Warriors.
"And just where have you all been?" Cye pushed the anger he felt down and put his hands on his hips.
"Out." Kento squeaked.
"And where is Mia?" Cye looked around the group.
The boys fell silent.
"Well?" Cye crossed his arms over his chest and tapped his foot waiting for an answer.
Rowen looked up to speak but stopped when Harial and the four Guardians walk into the kitchen. The Ronins gave Harial a dirty look.
"Now what's this all about?" Cye looked at everyone's face, "Well start explaining, where's Mia?" Cye threw some questions into the heated atmosphere.
"Mia is safe." Harial reassured Cye who gave him a disbelieving look.
"Safe my as-butt!" Ryo stopped himself short at the presence of Yuli.
"Harial?" Soyokaze stepped up to Harial with a pleading look.
"Fine. Sit down all of you."
After everyone was seated Harial took out the small silver orb Mia had disappeared into and the glowing rock he had found in the cave.
"Both of these items are artifacts that I need to become complete so I may destroy Tanoshii.
"Mia, if you listened closely in the story I told you, placed her life in one of the artifacts. By doing this she made me stronger and also added another piece to the puzzle, making it harder for Tanoshii to gather them all. That is where the Guardians come into play. I created them from what power I could spare before Tulpa's attack. Their goal in life was to retrieve the artifacts before Tanoshii was reborn and could get them himself. That's why he needed Mia."
"But Mia was married to him...wait a gosh dang-it second!" Kento pushed his hands out to emphasize his point, "Mia is Menai? And your Hardny?"
"I changed the names to protect the innocent."
"Well...whatever. Anyway what I was going to say was that Mia was married to Tanoshii before she knew you so how could he have known that Mia was going to give you power?"
"Good question, but you see Mia didn't marry Tanoshii, she married Terry. Terry was killed in battle that is true. When I took Mia away with me Tanoshii, who is an evil spirit, took over Terry's body. By doing this he had an advantage, mainly over her heart. That is why she gave her power to me. If she had died that day and kept her power Tanoshii could have taken it and used it. By giving it to me, Mia gave me a chance to fight for what she could not."
"So where is Mia right now?" Cye asked.
"Right here." A voice whispered in his ear.
Turning around Cye saw nothing but felt a warm touch on his shoulder. He closed his eyes and saw her.
"That's way I couldn't go." Cye whispered opening his eyes, "I could see her." He looked at Harial who nodded.
"What do you mean, 'I can see her'?" Sage looked around the group stopping at Harial.
"I had a dream about her, she told me she was safe. I saw her. Mia was in the house last night. When I woke up in the morning everyone was gone. She wasn't with Tanoshii...Mia was with me the entire time!" Cye exclaimed.
"Very good Cye." Harial smiled at Cye and waved his hands. In front of them appeared Mia dressed in the outfit Cye had seen her in, in his dream.
"I needed something in the house I could concentrate on to keep me here and away from Tanoshii. Yuli, I knew, would be wanting to get right up in the middle of all the action, so I chose Cye, being that he is the most open and level headed."
"Wait a minute!" Ryo jumped up, "She was here the whole time?! What was all that about telling us we killed our selves by calling her our friend?" Ryo looked wide-eyed at Harial.
"We were afraid that he would find the..." Harial stopped at lack of wording.
"What he's trying to say is that when Tanoshii got what he wanted, that being you boys to say that you were my friends, he would torture you slowly through me...my body that he had under control, till he had you all under his control. If he were to take control of you all he would have the armors and then we would all be in a big mess." Mia stepped closer to them.
"Your body?" Kento raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. You see my body could not be taken out or Tanoshii would have noticed, while my soul and self image could easily slip away when the body was unconscious."
"So this is just your self image and spirit?" Sage asked walking around the semi-transparent figure. Mia giggled as he reached out to touch her and his hand went through her body.
"So where is your body?" Rowen watched Sage perform his experiment.
"Harial has it safe. I cannot go back to it or Tanoshii would be able to find me and kill us all."
"So what was with the power going into the ball Harial has at the cave?" Kento asked.
"My soul has no power, that was still in my body. Harial had to go and get it out of my body before Tanoshii could, that's where the fighting comes into play. By making my body prone and having it separate from the spirit helps the taking of the power much easier. When you all went to Terry's apartment and went through the portal into the mountains Harial was able to get another artifact that Tanoshii had found. That artifact helped pull the power out of my body and into the orb."
The room fell silent. Then Cye stood up.
"I think I'll make some tea." He went into the kitchen and Mia set followed him.
~*~*~*~*~
Tanoshii sat in front of a huge vanity looking at his reflection in the mirror. One of his hands traced his face, while the other played with a nearby perfume bottle with a pink liquid in it.
Two huge double doors opened and in walked a pair of dog like humans, colored a dark brownish-purple. They walked on their hind-legs and humped over, walking with a small limp. They wore some broken parts of armor around their arms and legs.
"What?!" Tanoshii yelled not even turning around, but taking a brush to his hair.
"We have searched the mountain Emperor. They were not found." One hissed in a low growl.
"You idiots!" Tanoshii shot up from the set, knocking over the perfume and some other items. The dog creatures hunched down and ducked when he threw the large metal comb at them.
"Why! Tell me why I was given such insolent minions!" He yelled throwing his cape around as he turned and stormed over to his bed. Tanoshii ran is hands up and down the tall, bedpost. Anger swirled in his eyes as he stared at the post.
"Master?" One of the creatures said stepping forward.
"Search the house." He growled at them shooting them an evil look, "Search the house!" He yelled and the creatures ran out of the room as fast as they could.
~*~*~*~*~
"So when do you think you can get your body back and..." Itachi looked over his teacup at Mia and smirked; wiggling his eyebrows, "Maybe we could see what makes you so desirable."
Mia's eyes widened and the guys shot Itachi dirty looks. She then smiled and shook her head at Itachi.
"Hey it never hurts to ask." He shrugged his shoulders.
Rowen walked over and sat by Mia on the couch.
"Hey Mia?" Rowen turned to her. She didn't answer, "Mia?"
"Mia are you all right?" Harial asked looking at her. She had her eyes fixed in front of her, her eyes wide and dim.
"I must go." She said quickly and disappeared.
"Mia!" Cye jumped up.
"Hold it boys." Harial held up a hand. They all stopped talking and watched Harial.
Harial stood there for a minute then his eyes shot open, "We have to get out of here!" He yelled running to the back door. The others followed quickly.
Before they could reach the back door one of the dogs came flying through the window and another through the door.
"What the crap!" Kento yelled looking at the creatures in disgust.
"What are this things?" Ryo asked.
"Tanoshii's minions. He calls them the Hounds." Jay said taking a fighting stance.
"Well, they sure are ugly." Sage squared off his shoulders and gave the Hounds a dirty look.
"Where is she?" One of the Hounds asked advancing forward. Several more came in behind them. In the living room and dinning room the guys could hear glass breaking and more Hounds coming into the house.
"She's not here." Harial growled pulling out his swords. (AN: They just kinda appear)
"We know she is somewhere in the house. Spread out and search everything." The Hound yelled.
"You know we outnumber you. If I were you I would start fearing for your lives." Soyokaze placed his hands together in prayer form and a long curved blade appeared in his hands.
"Not yet." Harial held out his hand, "Itachi you and Atsui go upstairs and wake the boy." Harial whispered to them. They in turn nodded and the disappeared slowly as the lights went out.
"Now." Harial hissed and the room was engulfed in flames.
The Hounds rushed forward at the Ronins, swords and daggers drawn. The boys jumped back into the living room and transformed.*
When they looked up, the stairs and walls were lined with Hounds, teeth showing, with a greenish yellow drool coming out of their mouth. The Ronins winkled their noses at the sight.
~*~*~*~*~
"Come on kid wake up." Atsui walked over to the bed Yuli was in.
"Hum?" Yuli looked up at them with sleepy eyes, "Where's Mia?" he asked
"Mia's not here any more. She had to go away for a little while." Itachi said pulling Yuli out of the bed.
"But she was just here." Yuli whipped the sleep out of his eyes and stood up.
"What?" Atsui asked turning to Yuli.
"Yah she was just here at my bed side and told me to wait for her. I'm not leaving without Mia." Yuli planted his feet on the floor.
The two guardians exchanged looks then jumped when and explosion came from down stairs. The two ran out the door only to be greeted with a large mob of Hounds.
"Give us the girl." The hissed.
"She's not here." Atsui said placed his hands out in front of him and a large staff appeared in his hands. It was curved at the top and bottom so that made a circle. Along the curves were many blades, sharpened for potency. Then Itachi drew his saber.
The Hounds growled and charged at the two men. The door slammed in their faces.
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* I didn't feel like taking up a whole page to say their Armor of whatever Dou Chai stuff.
Pain of the Sword v2.0
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Cye jumped out of his daze as the back door swung open. In walked a ragged crew of Ronin Warriors.
"And just where have you all been?" Cye pushed the anger he felt down and put his hands on his hips.
"Out." Kento squeaked.
"And where is Mia?" Cye looked around the group.
The boys fell silent.
"Well?" Cye crossed his arms over his chest and tapped his foot waiting for an answer.
Rowen looked up to speak but stopped when Harial and the four Guardians walk into the kitchen. The Ronins gave Harial a dirty look.
"Now what's this all about?" Cye looked at everyone's face, "Well start explaining, where's Mia?" Cye threw some questions into the heated atmosphere.
"Mia is safe." Harial reassured Cye who gave him a disbelieving look.
"Safe my as-butt!" Ryo stopped himself short at the presence of Yuli.
"Harial?" Soyokaze stepped up to Harial with a pleading look.
"Fine. Sit down all of you."
After everyone was seated Harial took out the small silver orb Mia had disappeared into and the glowing rock he had found in the cave.
"Both of these items are artifacts that I need to become complete so I may destroy Tanoshii.
"Mia, if you listened closely in the story I told you, placed her life in one of the artifacts. By doing this she made me stronger and also added another piece to the puzzle, making it harder for Tanoshii to gather them all. That is where the Guardians come into play. I created them from what power I could spare before Tulpa's attack. Their goal in life was to retrieve the artifacts before Tanoshii was reborn and could get them himself. That's why he needed Mia."
"But Mia was married to him...wait a gosh dang-it second!" Kento pushed his hands out to emphasize his point, "Mia is Menai? And your Hardny?"
"I changed the names to protect the innocent."
"Well...whatever. Anyway what I was going to say was that Mia was married to Tanoshii before she knew you so how could he have known that Mia was going to give you power?"
"Good question, but you see Mia didn't marry Tanoshii, she married Terry. Terry was killed in battle that is true. When I took Mia away with me Tanoshii, who is an evil spirit, took over Terry's body. By doing this he had an advantage, mainly over her heart. That is why she gave her power to me. If she had died that day and kept her power Tanoshii could have taken it and used it. By giving it to me, Mia gave me a chance to fight for what she could not."
"So where is Mia right now?" Cye asked.
"Right here." A voice whispered in his ear.
Turning around Cye saw nothing but felt a warm touch on his shoulder. He closed his eyes and saw her.
"That's way I couldn't go." Cye whispered opening his eyes, "I could see her." He looked at Harial who nodded.
"What do you mean, 'I can see her'?" Sage looked around the group stopping at Harial.
"I had a dream about her, she told me she was safe. I saw her. Mia was in the house last night. When I woke up in the morning everyone was gone. She wasn't with Tanoshii...Mia was with me the entire time!" Cye exclaimed.
"Very good Cye." Harial smiled at Cye and waved his hands. In front of them appeared Mia dressed in the outfit Cye had seen her in, in his dream.
"I needed something in the house I could concentrate on to keep me here and away from Tanoshii. Yuli, I knew, would be wanting to get right up in the middle of all the action, so I chose Cye, being that he is the most open and level headed."
"Wait a minute!" Ryo jumped up, "She was here the whole time?! What was all that about telling us we killed our selves by calling her our friend?" Ryo looked wide-eyed at Harial.
"We were afraid that he would find the..." Harial stopped at lack of wording.
"What he's trying to say is that when Tanoshii got what he wanted, that being you boys to say that you were my friends, he would torture you slowly through me...my body that he had under control, till he had you all under his control. If he were to take control of you all he would have the armors and then we would all be in a big mess." Mia stepped closer to them.
"Your body?" Kento raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. You see my body could not be taken out or Tanoshii would have noticed, while my soul and self image could easily slip away when the body was unconscious."
"So this is just your self image and spirit?" Sage asked walking around the semi-transparent figure. Mia giggled as he reached out to touch her and his hand went through her body.
"So where is your body?" Rowen watched Sage perform his experiment.
"Harial has it safe. I cannot go back to it or Tanoshii would be able to find me and kill us all."
"So what was with the power going into the ball Harial has at the cave?" Kento asked.
"My soul has no power, that was still in my body. Harial had to go and get it out of my body before Tanoshii could, that's where the fighting comes into play. By making my body prone and having it separate from the spirit helps the taking of the power much easier. When you all went to Terry's apartment and went through the portal into the mountains Harial was able to get another artifact that Tanoshii had found. That artifact helped pull the power out of my body and into the orb."
The room fell silent. Then Cye stood up.
"I think I'll make some tea." He went into the kitchen and Mia set followed him.
~*~*~*~*~
Tanoshii sat in front of a huge vanity looking at his reflection in the mirror. One of his hands traced his face, while the other played with a nearby perfume bottle with a pink liquid in it.
Two huge double doors opened and in walked a pair of dog like humans, colored a dark brownish-purple. They walked on their hind-legs and humped over, walking with a small limp. They wore some broken parts of armor around their arms and legs.
"What?!" Tanoshii yelled not even turning around, but taking a brush to his hair.
"We have searched the mountain Emperor. They were not found." One hissed in a low growl.
"You idiots!" Tanoshii shot up from the set, knocking over the perfume and some other items. The dog creatures hunched down and ducked when he threw the large metal comb at them.
"Why! Tell me why I was given such insolent minions!" He yelled throwing his cape around as he turned and stormed over to his bed. Tanoshii ran is hands up and down the tall, bedpost. Anger swirled in his eyes as he stared at the post.
"Master?" One of the creatures said stepping forward.
"Search the house." He growled at them shooting them an evil look, "Search the house!" He yelled and the creatures ran out of the room as fast as they could.
~*~*~*~*~
"So when do you think you can get your body back and..." Itachi looked over his teacup at Mia and smirked; wiggling his eyebrows, "Maybe we could see what makes you so desirable."
Mia's eyes widened and the guys shot Itachi dirty looks. She then smiled and shook her head at Itachi.
"Hey it never hurts to ask." He shrugged his shoulders.
Rowen walked over and sat by Mia on the couch.
"Hey Mia?" Rowen turned to her. She didn't answer, "Mia?"
"Mia are you all right?" Harial asked looking at her. She had her eyes fixed in front of her, her eyes wide and dim.
"I must go." She said quickly and disappeared.
"Mia!" Cye jumped up.
"Hold it boys." Harial held up a hand. They all stopped talking and watched Harial.
Harial stood there for a minute then his eyes shot open, "We have to get out of here!" He yelled running to the back door. The others followed quickly.
Before they could reach the back door one of the dogs came flying through the window and another through the door.
"What the crap!" Kento yelled looking at the creatures in disgust.
"What are this things?" Ryo asked.
"Tanoshii's minions. He calls them the Hounds." Jay said taking a fighting stance.
"Well, they sure are ugly." Sage squared off his shoulders and gave the Hounds a dirty look.
"Where is she?" One of the Hounds asked advancing forward. Several more came in behind them. In the living room and dinning room the guys could hear glass breaking and more Hounds coming into the house.
"She's not here." Harial growled pulling out his swords. (AN: They just kinda appear)
"We know she is somewhere in the house. Spread out and search everything." The Hound yelled.
"You know we outnumber you. If I were you I would start fearing for your lives." Soyokaze placed his hands together in prayer form and a long curved blade appeared in his hands.
"Not yet." Harial held out his hand, "Itachi you and Atsui go upstairs and wake the boy." Harial whispered to them. They in turn nodded and the disappeared slowly as the lights went out.
"Now." Harial hissed and the room was engulfed in flames.
The Hounds rushed forward at the Ronins, swords and daggers drawn. The boys jumped back into the living room and transformed.*
When they looked up, the stairs and walls were lined with Hounds, teeth showing, with a greenish yellow drool coming out of their mouth. The Ronins winkled their noses at the sight.
~*~*~*~*~
"Come on kid wake up." Atsui walked over to the bed Yuli was in.
"Hum?" Yuli looked up at them with sleepy eyes, "Where's Mia?" he asked
"Mia's not here any more. She had to go away for a little while." Itachi said pulling Yuli out of the bed.
"But she was just here." Yuli whipped the sleep out of his eyes and stood up.
"What?" Atsui asked turning to Yuli.
"Yah she was just here at my bed side and told me to wait for her. I'm not leaving without Mia." Yuli planted his feet on the floor.
The two guardians exchanged looks then jumped when and explosion came from down stairs. The two ran out the door only to be greeted with a large mob of Hounds.
"Give us the girl." The hissed.
"She's not here." Atsui said placed his hands out in front of him and a large staff appeared in his hands. It was curved at the top and bottom so that made a circle. Along the curves were many blades, sharpened for potency. Then Itachi drew his saber.
The Hounds growled and charged at the two men. The door slammed in their faces.
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* I didn't feel like taking up a whole page to say their Armor of whatever Dou Chai stuff.