Scroll Two, Ronins Threw the Well

Kagome was startled to discover a lock had been placed over the well house. Her grandfather has become pale and worrisome over the pass two days. She wanted to sneak into the well and rush off after Sage, hopefully find him before things became bad. Maybe Inuyasha had already started down on his trail…

Oh, he is too thick in the head to do that on his own. Kagome noted. She came up to the well house door and gave the lock a pull. It was a short chain. There would be no way she'd slip threw there.

She sighed in frustration and began to pace. Maybe she'll wait until Inuyasha came up the well after her. He'd tear down the door.

Kagome froze at the sound of footsteps. Male voices were coming near…rising up with each step on the stairs that lead up into the shrine. She quickly hide behind the well house and waited.

"Sensei Date said this was the right address." First speaker was a young man, with a city accent.

"I don't see anyone here." A second male voice informed. It was tainted with a British accent. "Do you think they left after Sage was sucked down the well?"

"Maybe."

Kagome prepared to come out of hiding when a woman's voice suddenly stopped her. "Maybe I should have changed into some street gear…I've got this feeling my uniform is gonna get thrashed again."

"And we have problem with that how?" Came a rather rude voice.

Kagome flinched when she heard someone yelp from a punch. She skirted around the outside of the well house and looked around the far corner to see a group of four guys, all about the same age standing by the tree and a woman in a police officer's garb with them.

They know who Sage is? This is who Sensei Date sent to find him? A bunch of his friends? What can they possibly do, besides the fact that cop could be arresting someone.

"So, Sensei said we were looking for a girl named Kagome?" The british man said. The woman nodded slowly as she flipped threw a notepad.

Oh god…are they here to arrest me? Kagome thought. Maybe she should escape now before they did. She started to back into the bushes when the group move to the well house.

"I sense some great source of negative energy coming from this building." The red head spoke again. Kagome slipped along the side of the well house to watch as they assembled in front of the door.

"Me too." The woman spoke.

"His armor is close by…" The black hair man muttered as he looked around. "Let's get in here and find out what we're looking for." He whispered. He stepped aside and allowed the Chinese man forward.

Kagome watched as he cracked his knuckles, smile and then take the padlock in his hand. In an instant his clothing was changed to some odd body armor that was orange and white and he simply smashed the lock in his hand.

Kagome stepped back in shock. She stifled a cry of amazement as the intruders opened the door and entered the well house.

That…that was too weird! He just broke it! Kagome cast her eyes down at the remains of the lock and quickly slipped back around the corner, taking a deep breath to calm herself.

"This is getting out of hand." Kagome whispered. She then rose up, dusting off her dress and started around the corner, prepared to finally handle this situation when she walked right into the cop.

Kagome yelped in surprise. The woman was certainly taller than her, and older. She imposed a feeling of authority into the air as she stared down at Kagome with hard blue eyes. The gleam in them was dark…harsh. Kagome gulped, already sensing the aura around the woman to be slightly dark…but very powerful as well.

"Kagome I presume?" The officer asked.

Before Kagome could speak she was suddenly dragged into the well house and the door was closed. She was staring down at all four young men in the same odd body armor as the Chinese man. One of them, in dark armor, was standing on the edge of the well holding Sage's sword in one hand.

"Go Lea." The Chinese man laughed. "How about you don't give the poor girl a heart attack." He crossed his arms and smiled. Kagome knew at once she was paler than a sheet and shaking all over.

Lea shrugged. "I'm afraid it's too late for that." She reached into her pocket and held up a small red marble. She tossed it ahead, creating a red shield of light that she flipped threw and reappeared in red and white body armor.

Kagome landed on her bottom at the top of the stairs in mute horror. She was sitting the well house with a group of men and a woman all wearing body armor…that would just appear from some stupid marble?!

"Ah…" She gulped as one of them started up the stairs slowly. He was the tall black haired man, and also wearing red body armor.

"My name is Ryo Sanada. Sage's grandfather told us it would be alright if we appeared to you in our gear. We are the Ronin Warriors…minus Sage. And Lea down there is the leader of the Ronin Guardians." He explained. "We've come to find Sage."

Kagome gulped again. These are the Ronins!?

The red headed British fellow came up after Ryo and smiled sympathicly at her. "I know this is a real shock, but we're not going to hurt you." He motioned to Lea, who smiled a little bit for the first time since, "Lea didn't mean to scare you."

"Sensei Date told us Sage was sucked down into this well," The blue haired Ronin Warrior standing by the well informed. "He said something about a tear in time and that you could travel threw it."

Kagome nodded slowly. "Ah…yeah…I guess I can. Who are all of you?"

The orange warrior smiled. "I'm Kento Lei Faun of Hardrock." The other blue haired Ronin bowed his head, "I'm Rowen Hibisha of the armor Strata."

The red head looked back to Kagome. "Cye Mouri of Torrent."

Ryo offered Kagome his hand. "And since you've already met Sage, he wears the armor of Halo."

Kagome nodded. "So what is it so important that you must get Sage back? Do you all have to come?"

Lea came to stand by the bottom step. "We need to find Sage fast, for a lot of reasons. One being he is a piece of this group…and we need him if things got rough again here in the Mortal Realm."

"And he just recently got back on his feet." Rowen informed. "Sage came down with a former childhood illness that nearly killed him when he was little. It almost happened again. We've been worried that it might come out of remission…and if Sage has been captured, depending on how poorly he is treated, he could get sick again."

Kagome took a grudging step away from Lea. That aura around her was tainted…she knew it. The Guardian didn't see the least bit bothered by Kagome's actions. She was scared…seeing such a dark look in a human's eyes.

What if Lea wasn't human? Kagome wondered. Did the other Ronins know? She walked up to the well and looked down. Rowen was holding Sage's sword at his side, looking down with her.

"Any other reasons you want to come so bad?" She asked.

"We'll find Sage faster if we went ourselves." Ryo informed. "Our armors are bonded together, there are times when we can feel the other's pain…or share thoughts. It comes in handy during times like these."

Kagome nodded slowly. "Okay…but…if we go, I have to warn you." She began to speak when a cold nose pressed against her leg. She jumped and spun around to see a huge white tiger standing behind her at Ryo's side.

"Don't scream!" Rowen and Kento grabbed her arms to keep her from falling back. "He isn't going to hurt you! He's just part of the group."

"Ahh….ah…tiger!?" Kagome wheezed. "He…he won't eat me will he!?"

Lea laughed a little as she walked over from closing the door with Cye. Ryo patted the mammoth beast on the head, and he growled affectionately like a house cat. "Whiteblaze has been Ryo's best friend for years. Besides, he doesn't like little school girls for dinner."

"Let's make introduction on the other side of this damn well." Cye muttered. "It's getting nasty outside…"

"How nasty?" Ryo asked as the laughter seemed to die from everyone's eyes.

Lea's expression was dark as she shook her head. "I think someone tipped off the Dynasty…again."

Ryo went right into action. "Kagome, can we pass threw the well behind you?"

"Um…just a minute." Kagome picked up a rope she left beside the well when she wanted to get out from returning. "I have to warn you first…Inuyasha isn't going to like this."

Rowen's eyes narrowed. "Inuyasha? The Dog Knight? That's a myth though!"

Kagome blushed. "Uh…not in feudal Japan." She said, holding one end of the rope as the Ronins all assembled around the well and took a hand hold on the rope. Whiteblaze remained last.

There was a loud crashing as tree limbs outside began to snap under a harsh wind. The Ronins looked at each other in concern for a moment, then to Kagome. Ryo started to ask if she go now when Lea shouted,

"GET DOWN!"

The roof overhead opened into a huge hole and three men dressed in black armor dropped down into the chaos. Kento grabbed Kagome an jumped back as one nearly landed on her in a shower of bamboo and shingles.

Kagome finally made herself look as the room was engulfed into a fight. Ryo and Lea dodged the swinging blows of one mammoth soldier in armor as Rowen and Cye prepared to take the other down. The last one, was coming after Kagome and Kento…and wasn't the least bit afraid of Whiteblaze as he tried to ward him off.

"You're finished Ronins." The soldier laughed. "With out Halo, you won't be able to stop the radicals forces from invading your world!"

Kento growled as he shoved Kagome behind him. "You bastards don't give us do you!?"

"Well of course we wouldn't." Came a female voice. Kagome turned and spotted a young woman about Lea's age standing on the edge of the well in a long cloak of purples and blues. Her short brown hair blew in the gusts of wind that filled the well house. "It's in our blood to keep coming back…and trying to kill you pathetic Defenders!"

She turned and looked at Ryo, who was in the process of dismembering the walking mass of armor. She slid her three claws on and lunged for him, when Lea rammed into her side and both women when flying into a new battle.

"God damn it!" Kento roared. "ARMOR OF HARDROCK! DAO GI!" He commanded, powering up his armor. He wasn't even completely finished when he charged the soldier in front of him and tore the armor up.

Kagome breathed a sigh of relief as Kento walked from the smoking cloud in one piece. All around her the room was darkening from the destruction of the other soldiers.

Hardrock bolted over the sound of weapons clashing. Kagome followed to see Lea and the short haired woman in armored suits and fighting.

Lea noticed the guys were coming to her aid. She growled and held off Bast just a little longer. "You guys go! I'll hold her off!"

Kagome started to protest as Kento and Cye pushed her back to the well and took hold of the rope still in her hands. Ryo reluctantly backed off and did the same and Rowen followed.

"Go!" Lea shouted, dodging a swipe from the warlady's claws.

Kagome jumped into the well as ordered, followed by each of the Ronins, one by one and the tiger.

Lea flipped over Bast and lunged for the well. She grabbed the last bit of rope as she powered down her armor and fell in after the others.

Bast stood by the well and growled. "You stupid fools won't leave that time alive…" She whispered. "I'll make sure of it."

A.N. Sorry for waiting so long. I was worried this Ch would suck…it is very rushed. Bast is the complete proportey of my friend Newthundera. You'll mess with her if she is copied in anyway!!!

-Star ^_^