Chapter 3: Strangers like me
"He is gone again."A woman with black hair and green eyed woman
said coming into a room, she was Kayura the last of the Ancient clan.
Kayura spoke to three men sitting or standing not far from her. One
with short dark blue hair and black eyes with a scar over the left, he
was Cale the Ronin of Darkness. Another had short wild green hair
and black eyes, he was Sheckmeht the Ronin of Vemon. The other
one had long red hair and sea green eyes, he was Anubis the Ronin
of Cruelty.
"Dais is gone again?" Cale asked. " Yes." Came Kayura's reply,
Cale looked at Sheckmeht. "First you, now him." He muttered and
Sheckmeht shook his head. "There is a difference Cale, I was looking
for a reason to go on, Dais is looking for something else and what
that is I don't think even he knows. But since all of us felt that disburtance
two days ago he been acting like these." He said drawing the
attention of his seventeen year old son and daughter.
William or Fox as he was know and Leonardo, Leona for short
looked at each other. "So they felt it too huh? But what is going
on with Dais?" Leona asked her twin brother. "I don't know,
but what ever it is I hope he fixs it or finds someone who can
help him." Fox whispered back not wanting Kayura and the
three Seasonals to know they was listening in.
Cale glanced at the door and elbowed Seckmeht. "Your childern
need to improve their spy skills." He muttered, Seckmeht looked
up. "Fox, Leona." He called and the two teenagers looked at each
other. "Rats." Fox muttered as he and his sister came into the room.
"You need to learn to be quieter if you think you going to get the
jump on us." Cale said smirking some and wisely the two kept slient.
"After Dais returns we need to go to the Ronins, I believe Leona
and Fox have some training to do and I need to speak with Mia."
Kayura said. "Actually, I think I heard Dais saying something about
going over there this morning." Leona said. "Why? Dais has no reason
to go." Cale questioned.
"Why does Dais do what he does?" Leona repiled with a shurg. "Dais
does what he pleases and doesn't explain himself to anyone, you know
that." She answered. "Hmmm, she may be right. Come on, we will go to
the Ronins, if Dais is not there perharps he will meet up with us later. But
Leona, Fox, you two stay here, you'll be safer."
"Ah but Kayura." Leona started but Seckmeht shook his head. "Not this
time Leona, you and your brother are to stay here. Pactice using your abilites,
strenghten them. We don't know when the Warlords and their leader may
attack again." He said, the two teens relcuntly agreed and the three Seasonals
and Lady Kayura left for the Koji manor.
Meanwhile at the Ronin Manor ..... "Shane, can you come here a mintue?" Mia's
voice called Shane into the kicten. "Yea Mia?" She asked looking as Cye was
keeping Kento away. "You want to help?" Mia asked indicting the cooking.
Shane shook her head. "Sorry my friend but you do not want me to help." She
said to her colleage friend. "Why?" Mia asked confused at what Shane said.
"Because I don't know how to cook, I never learned." Shane answered
plainly, her studies was focused on any and all type of fighting and things
that would be useful, lauganges as well as normal schooling, it was the
only thing Shane didn't fight aganist, knowing the information would
prove to be of use to her. Though right now it didn't seem to do any
good.
Mia was surpised. "You're kidding." Shane shook her head. "'Faird not."
She answered. "Okay then get out of the kicten. If you can't cook then
you are banned from the kicten. Out." Mia said giving Shane a friendly
shove out of the kicten.
Shane smiled inspite of herself, in the last two days she and Mia
picked up on the friendship they was froced to break and though
she was still cautious around the others Shane felt some acepptance
from the others of the household.
But Shane looked up at the door suddenly. *Somebody is
coming.* She thought and only a few moments after the bell
rung. "Shane, can you get that?" Mia called. "Yea Mia."
Shane answered as she walked to the door and opened it
slowly looking before she opened it fully to make sure it was
not someone that she didn't want to be found by. She was took
back a bit at the three men and woman that was there, for a
moment they seemed oddly famliar, like a distant memory but
as she tried to garb for it, the feeling of dajvu was gone.
"Is Mia here?" The woman asked, remembering her manners
Shane nodded. "Yea she is here, please come in." She said as
she stepped side way to let them in but she looked at them as
they turned their backs to her, like with Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento
and Rowen they had a sense of power among them but it was
older in the boys, more developed and felt ...
*Tainted. These men and that woman have faced evil, have
been touched by it. Like me.* She thought to herself as she
shut the door. "Shane who is ...." Mia asked with Kento and
Sage coming in but stopped seeing the three men and the
woman. "Oh Kayura, what is the dorp in for?" She asked in
a friendly tone but from the way Kento and Sage stood Shane
could see some tension in them.
"We wanted to ... speak with you." Kayura said glancing at Shane,
Shane knew she wasn't souppse to be hearing what Kayura wanted
to talk to Mia about. "Mia, if you don't need me I have to go out. I
will return in a while." She said, Mia nodded. "Be careful." Shane
smiled but the smile didn't quite touch her eyes. "Careful is my middle
name." She said as she walked out the door.
After the woman left Kayura looked at Mia. "Who is she?" She
asked. "Her name is Shane and she is an old friend of mine from
colleage back in America." "Does she know....?" Mia shook her
head at Anubis's unfinished question.
"No, she doesn't know anything about the Ronins other then the
legend. And she keeps to herself so she probaly won't be in the
way." Mia said, Kayura looked a bit thoughtful but nodded. "Of
crouse. Now I believe you said some more of the disk been
translated?" She asked.
Meanwhile ..... Shane looked at the daggers in her hands, it was
a mircale getting them thourgh security at the airports but somehow
she managed to do so. She sighed shaking her head as she began
a workout, in the two days she been at the Koji manor she found
out thourgh the guys that they had an area set aside for pacticing
and pyshical training so she came here to work.
Shane began her workout at a slow pace so the movements was
compelte and then worked at a qiucker pace; putting a bit more
of a strain on her muscles as she focused on making each strike
though she was very aware of the fact that she was being wacthed.
Dais wacthed the red haired woman, at first he came to the training
area because, hearing someone there, he thought preharps the others
was there but instead he found the woman and it was the way she
moved that kept him wacthing. She moved like liqud, carefully drawned
out at a slow speed before she did so again at a much qiucker pace,
some of her movements even hard for him to cacth.
*The mark of someone who done this for very long time.* He thought
to himself as he wacthed, he knew he should go seek out the others
but he was a bit surprised by this stranger, ovbiously she was not
here three days ago when he last came, so he stayed to see if he
could find out who she was though he kept out of sight.
Shane sighed to herself as she wipped the light sweat from her
brow, she had hoped the stranger would leave her be but since
he was still there .... "Alright, you might as well show yourself."
She said dryly as she turned to where she knew the person was.
"I know you are there."
Dais was surprised, he thought, knew he hadn't made a sound.
So how could she have known he was there? But when the
woman called out again, sounding more annoyed he stepped
into sight. "You are very aware of your surroundings to have
heard me." He said.
Shane was slighty taken back by this but smiled to herself,
she hadn't heard him rather she had sensed his presence otherwise
she won't have known he was wacthing her. "I pactice." She
said as she studied him for a moment. "Now, why you
wacthing me?" She asked not even attempting to hide
the supusion in her voice.
And that supusion was not lost on Dais. "I was passing
by and I saw you practicing. You've been at this for a
long time haven't you?" He asked smoothly. "You mean
training?" She asked looking at her daggers. Dais nodded
as he looked the woman over again. "Yes. I do a bit of
training myself. Would you care to join me in a workout?"
The former warlord of Illusion asked.
"No thank you." Shane said, her supicon and cautious of
everyone coming to the fornt. "I think my mother advised
me never to train with a stranger." Dais smirked. "I thought
it was never to talk to strangers." He corrected. "Too late
for that." Shane answered. Dais laughed lightly at her comment.
"Well, if you ever want a partner to work out with, just ask.
There will be someone around who can direct you to me."
Dais offered. "I might need to know who you are for me to
contact you." Shane said decieding to humor the stranger though,
despite the feeling of hidden power that he held like Mia's
friends she was at ease with his company.
Shane shook herself mentally she couldn't be at ease with
anyone, that would only get her hurt and them killed. Even
though Shane felt his power was like the woman called Kayura
and the other three men, touched at one time by something
evil or, like her, had a darkness in his past.
"The name is Dais. Ask Mia Koji or any of those that are
around here on a regular basis. They can tell you where to
find me." He said. Shane nearly choked as she swallowed
and breathed sharply at the same time. "You know Mia?"
She asked raspy as she coughed some. Dais nodded.
"We've known each other for a while. We're friends you
could say." The former Warlord of Illusion stated.
"Hmmm that sounds like the girl." Shane said, Dais looked
at her. *So I was right, she lives here.* "I presume you
know her?" He asked. "You *presumed* correctly." Shane
said some what mockingly of his tone. "She and I met
at colleage a few years back on Canada - American border.
She's letting me stay till I find a place of my own." Dais
nodded in understanding. "She is a bright and caring
person. Just don't abuse her hospitality." He told her.
"I don't plan on staying long." Shane said as she knelt
to sheath her daggers but Dais noticed she wacthed
him as she did and it arouse his cirousity more, it was
ovbious she had training and was catious of all but
who was she? Deciding to try a little something Dais
sent a illusion of a ninja toward Shane, to see her reaction
and to get an idea of her level of training.
Shane didn't say anything as she felt it. Magic. But for
some reason she couldn't pin point who was doing it
and that worried her as she looked around. "Dais, I
think we better go." She said calmly, almost pleasently
but she had every sense on high arlet. "And may I ask
why?" he said, as he put himself in the illusion, ducking
the attack of the illusionary ninja.
Dais wasn't even sure when he saw Shane moved as
she did. *I've never seen that qiuck a reaction other
then with the other Ronins!* He thought as Shane
shoved him side ways to the ground as she also dogded
out of the way of the illusion. Dais quickly moved and
made the illusion disapper so it seemed he ran off.
"Are you all right?" he asked the firery red head woman.
"I'm fine." Shane said as she walked over to him but
there was a wariness in her eyes when she looked at him.
"What was that about?" She asked, she knew it wasn't the
doing of Zaide or his lackeys. It was a more fine tuned then
she seen with cult but at the same time seemed more reckless,
of someone who was a bit overconfident of their ability or was
doing it for fun.
"It seems as though we have a pest problem around here. If you
would like, I will escort you to Mia's and then contact a few friends
to assist me in the pest removal." The white haired, one eyed man
told Shane. "What century was you born in? You act like someone
from the 13th century, lighten up!" Shane snapped abesently, without
thinking as she started back to the house.
*If only she knew.* Dais thought to himself. "Actually, my friends and
I are involved in a group that does recreations of 13th centuary events.
You might want to look into it sometime." Dais suggested as they
approached Mia's.
Shane nodded as she walked into the house, nearly walking into Cale
but she lightly moved out of his way. "We meet again." She muttered
under her breath as she looked at Mia as her friend came downstairs.
"So Shane, I see you met Dais." Mia said and looked at Kayura and
the other three Seasonals. "Oh and this is Kayura, Anubis, Seckmeht
and Cale." She introduced the four.
Shane nodded her head in hello to the four but got to buniness. "Mia,
at the training ground someone came at Dais and I." She said calmly
but in a no - nonsense tone of voice. Mia quickly turned toward Dais.
"I understand. I'll take care of it from here. You go and get some rest."
She told her friend, taking a long look at the former Warlord.
Shane clenched her fists some, she knew her friend meant well but the
insult of being weak got her goat. "No need." She said briskly, her tone
borderline cold. "I am unharmed." She said as she turned and without
another word went back outside. Mia then turned toward Dais. "Ok
Dais, what did you do?" She asked the former Warlord.
Dais didn't answer her for a moment. "Who is she?" He asked nodding
to the open door Shane went out of. "A friend. A friend who just come
to Japan, I offered to let her stay here until she finds a place of her own.
Anything more than that, you will have to try and get from her." the lady
reffered to as the Ronin Den Mother stated.
"What don't know her name?" Dais asked with a scarasm he had recently
adopted, Mia glared at him. "Can the sarcasm Dais, or I'll have White Blaze
bury you in a hole in the ground for the night. Shane has had some rough times
and I intend to leave it at that until she decides to tell me." She told the former
warlord in no uncertain terms.
Dais raised an eyebrow. He knew Mia well but the protectiveness over Shane
in her voice was new. Still he didn't say anything, only nodded as the group
separated but Cale smirked as he looked at Dais. "So why the questions Dais?
It seems interesting that you walk in with the woman and start asking questions
once she is gone. Very interesting." "Shut up Cale." Dais snapped. "It is none of
your concern." He repiled.
And outside ..... Shane leaned aganist the wall looking at her daggers and sighed
as she sheathed them again. It felt strange, being alone of her own will. Back in
clench of Zaide she was left alone other then when in training or when she was
being punished. She pulled the hem of her sleeve more over her right arm to hide
the scar left on her, she had few but that was the one she hated the most, the scar
of ownership, part of her belonging to Zaide and his cult.
But as she did she remember Kayura and the four men, who, despite a short meeting
seemed famliar to her. Seemed to share something though she couldn't understand what.
*Its seems that they are strangers like me.* She thought to herself.
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Author's Note*
Sepical thanks to my friend and brother Harry for helping me with the conversation
between Dais and Shane since I was under writer's block right.
"He is gone again."A woman with black hair and green eyed woman
said coming into a room, she was Kayura the last of the Ancient clan.
Kayura spoke to three men sitting or standing not far from her. One
with short dark blue hair and black eyes with a scar over the left, he
was Cale the Ronin of Darkness. Another had short wild green hair
and black eyes, he was Sheckmeht the Ronin of Vemon. The other
one had long red hair and sea green eyes, he was Anubis the Ronin
of Cruelty.
"Dais is gone again?" Cale asked. " Yes." Came Kayura's reply,
Cale looked at Sheckmeht. "First you, now him." He muttered and
Sheckmeht shook his head. "There is a difference Cale, I was looking
for a reason to go on, Dais is looking for something else and what
that is I don't think even he knows. But since all of us felt that disburtance
two days ago he been acting like these." He said drawing the
attention of his seventeen year old son and daughter.
William or Fox as he was know and Leonardo, Leona for short
looked at each other. "So they felt it too huh? But what is going
on with Dais?" Leona asked her twin brother. "I don't know,
but what ever it is I hope he fixs it or finds someone who can
help him." Fox whispered back not wanting Kayura and the
three Seasonals to know they was listening in.
Cale glanced at the door and elbowed Seckmeht. "Your childern
need to improve their spy skills." He muttered, Seckmeht looked
up. "Fox, Leona." He called and the two teenagers looked at each
other. "Rats." Fox muttered as he and his sister came into the room.
"You need to learn to be quieter if you think you going to get the
jump on us." Cale said smirking some and wisely the two kept slient.
"After Dais returns we need to go to the Ronins, I believe Leona
and Fox have some training to do and I need to speak with Mia."
Kayura said. "Actually, I think I heard Dais saying something about
going over there this morning." Leona said. "Why? Dais has no reason
to go." Cale questioned.
"Why does Dais do what he does?" Leona repiled with a shurg. "Dais
does what he pleases and doesn't explain himself to anyone, you know
that." She answered. "Hmmm, she may be right. Come on, we will go to
the Ronins, if Dais is not there perharps he will meet up with us later. But
Leona, Fox, you two stay here, you'll be safer."
"Ah but Kayura." Leona started but Seckmeht shook his head. "Not this
time Leona, you and your brother are to stay here. Pactice using your abilites,
strenghten them. We don't know when the Warlords and their leader may
attack again." He said, the two teens relcuntly agreed and the three Seasonals
and Lady Kayura left for the Koji manor.
Meanwhile at the Ronin Manor ..... "Shane, can you come here a mintue?" Mia's
voice called Shane into the kicten. "Yea Mia?" She asked looking as Cye was
keeping Kento away. "You want to help?" Mia asked indicting the cooking.
Shane shook her head. "Sorry my friend but you do not want me to help." She
said to her colleage friend. "Why?" Mia asked confused at what Shane said.
"Because I don't know how to cook, I never learned." Shane answered
plainly, her studies was focused on any and all type of fighting and things
that would be useful, lauganges as well as normal schooling, it was the
only thing Shane didn't fight aganist, knowing the information would
prove to be of use to her. Though right now it didn't seem to do any
good.
Mia was surpised. "You're kidding." Shane shook her head. "'Faird not."
She answered. "Okay then get out of the kicten. If you can't cook then
you are banned from the kicten. Out." Mia said giving Shane a friendly
shove out of the kicten.
Shane smiled inspite of herself, in the last two days she and Mia
picked up on the friendship they was froced to break and though
she was still cautious around the others Shane felt some acepptance
from the others of the household.
But Shane looked up at the door suddenly. *Somebody is
coming.* She thought and only a few moments after the bell
rung. "Shane, can you get that?" Mia called. "Yea Mia."
Shane answered as she walked to the door and opened it
slowly looking before she opened it fully to make sure it was
not someone that she didn't want to be found by. She was took
back a bit at the three men and woman that was there, for a
moment they seemed oddly famliar, like a distant memory but
as she tried to garb for it, the feeling of dajvu was gone.
"Is Mia here?" The woman asked, remembering her manners
Shane nodded. "Yea she is here, please come in." She said as
she stepped side way to let them in but she looked at them as
they turned their backs to her, like with Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento
and Rowen they had a sense of power among them but it was
older in the boys, more developed and felt ...
*Tainted. These men and that woman have faced evil, have
been touched by it. Like me.* She thought to herself as she
shut the door. "Shane who is ...." Mia asked with Kento and
Sage coming in but stopped seeing the three men and the
woman. "Oh Kayura, what is the dorp in for?" She asked in
a friendly tone but from the way Kento and Sage stood Shane
could see some tension in them.
"We wanted to ... speak with you." Kayura said glancing at Shane,
Shane knew she wasn't souppse to be hearing what Kayura wanted
to talk to Mia about. "Mia, if you don't need me I have to go out. I
will return in a while." She said, Mia nodded. "Be careful." Shane
smiled but the smile didn't quite touch her eyes. "Careful is my middle
name." She said as she walked out the door.
After the woman left Kayura looked at Mia. "Who is she?" She
asked. "Her name is Shane and she is an old friend of mine from
colleage back in America." "Does she know....?" Mia shook her
head at Anubis's unfinished question.
"No, she doesn't know anything about the Ronins other then the
legend. And she keeps to herself so she probaly won't be in the
way." Mia said, Kayura looked a bit thoughtful but nodded. "Of
crouse. Now I believe you said some more of the disk been
translated?" She asked.
Meanwhile ..... Shane looked at the daggers in her hands, it was
a mircale getting them thourgh security at the airports but somehow
she managed to do so. She sighed shaking her head as she began
a workout, in the two days she been at the Koji manor she found
out thourgh the guys that they had an area set aside for pacticing
and pyshical training so she came here to work.
Shane began her workout at a slow pace so the movements was
compelte and then worked at a qiucker pace; putting a bit more
of a strain on her muscles as she focused on making each strike
though she was very aware of the fact that she was being wacthed.
Dais wacthed the red haired woman, at first he came to the training
area because, hearing someone there, he thought preharps the others
was there but instead he found the woman and it was the way she
moved that kept him wacthing. She moved like liqud, carefully drawned
out at a slow speed before she did so again at a much qiucker pace,
some of her movements even hard for him to cacth.
*The mark of someone who done this for very long time.* He thought
to himself as he wacthed, he knew he should go seek out the others
but he was a bit surprised by this stranger, ovbiously she was not
here three days ago when he last came, so he stayed to see if he
could find out who she was though he kept out of sight.
Shane sighed to herself as she wipped the light sweat from her
brow, she had hoped the stranger would leave her be but since
he was still there .... "Alright, you might as well show yourself."
She said dryly as she turned to where she knew the person was.
"I know you are there."
Dais was surprised, he thought, knew he hadn't made a sound.
So how could she have known he was there? But when the
woman called out again, sounding more annoyed he stepped
into sight. "You are very aware of your surroundings to have
heard me." He said.
Shane was slighty taken back by this but smiled to herself,
she hadn't heard him rather she had sensed his presence otherwise
she won't have known he was wacthing her. "I pactice." She
said as she studied him for a moment. "Now, why you
wacthing me?" She asked not even attempting to hide
the supusion in her voice.
And that supusion was not lost on Dais. "I was passing
by and I saw you practicing. You've been at this for a
long time haven't you?" He asked smoothly. "You mean
training?" She asked looking at her daggers. Dais nodded
as he looked the woman over again. "Yes. I do a bit of
training myself. Would you care to join me in a workout?"
The former warlord of Illusion asked.
"No thank you." Shane said, her supicon and cautious of
everyone coming to the fornt. "I think my mother advised
me never to train with a stranger." Dais smirked. "I thought
it was never to talk to strangers." He corrected. "Too late
for that." Shane answered. Dais laughed lightly at her comment.
"Well, if you ever want a partner to work out with, just ask.
There will be someone around who can direct you to me."
Dais offered. "I might need to know who you are for me to
contact you." Shane said decieding to humor the stranger though,
despite the feeling of hidden power that he held like Mia's
friends she was at ease with his company.
Shane shook herself mentally she couldn't be at ease with
anyone, that would only get her hurt and them killed. Even
though Shane felt his power was like the woman called Kayura
and the other three men, touched at one time by something
evil or, like her, had a darkness in his past.
"The name is Dais. Ask Mia Koji or any of those that are
around here on a regular basis. They can tell you where to
find me." He said. Shane nearly choked as she swallowed
and breathed sharply at the same time. "You know Mia?"
She asked raspy as she coughed some. Dais nodded.
"We've known each other for a while. We're friends you
could say." The former Warlord of Illusion stated.
"Hmmm that sounds like the girl." Shane said, Dais looked
at her. *So I was right, she lives here.* "I presume you
know her?" He asked. "You *presumed* correctly." Shane
said some what mockingly of his tone. "She and I met
at colleage a few years back on Canada - American border.
She's letting me stay till I find a place of my own." Dais
nodded in understanding. "She is a bright and caring
person. Just don't abuse her hospitality." He told her.
"I don't plan on staying long." Shane said as she knelt
to sheath her daggers but Dais noticed she wacthed
him as she did and it arouse his cirousity more, it was
ovbious she had training and was catious of all but
who was she? Deciding to try a little something Dais
sent a illusion of a ninja toward Shane, to see her reaction
and to get an idea of her level of training.
Shane didn't say anything as she felt it. Magic. But for
some reason she couldn't pin point who was doing it
and that worried her as she looked around. "Dais, I
think we better go." She said calmly, almost pleasently
but she had every sense on high arlet. "And may I ask
why?" he said, as he put himself in the illusion, ducking
the attack of the illusionary ninja.
Dais wasn't even sure when he saw Shane moved as
she did. *I've never seen that qiuck a reaction other
then with the other Ronins!* He thought as Shane
shoved him side ways to the ground as she also dogded
out of the way of the illusion. Dais quickly moved and
made the illusion disapper so it seemed he ran off.
"Are you all right?" he asked the firery red head woman.
"I'm fine." Shane said as she walked over to him but
there was a wariness in her eyes when she looked at him.
"What was that about?" She asked, she knew it wasn't the
doing of Zaide or his lackeys. It was a more fine tuned then
she seen with cult but at the same time seemed more reckless,
of someone who was a bit overconfident of their ability or was
doing it for fun.
"It seems as though we have a pest problem around here. If you
would like, I will escort you to Mia's and then contact a few friends
to assist me in the pest removal." The white haired, one eyed man
told Shane. "What century was you born in? You act like someone
from the 13th century, lighten up!" Shane snapped abesently, without
thinking as she started back to the house.
*If only she knew.* Dais thought to himself. "Actually, my friends and
I are involved in a group that does recreations of 13th centuary events.
You might want to look into it sometime." Dais suggested as they
approached Mia's.
Shane nodded as she walked into the house, nearly walking into Cale
but she lightly moved out of his way. "We meet again." She muttered
under her breath as she looked at Mia as her friend came downstairs.
"So Shane, I see you met Dais." Mia said and looked at Kayura and
the other three Seasonals. "Oh and this is Kayura, Anubis, Seckmeht
and Cale." She introduced the four.
Shane nodded her head in hello to the four but got to buniness. "Mia,
at the training ground someone came at Dais and I." She said calmly
but in a no - nonsense tone of voice. Mia quickly turned toward Dais.
"I understand. I'll take care of it from here. You go and get some rest."
She told her friend, taking a long look at the former Warlord.
Shane clenched her fists some, she knew her friend meant well but the
insult of being weak got her goat. "No need." She said briskly, her tone
borderline cold. "I am unharmed." She said as she turned and without
another word went back outside. Mia then turned toward Dais. "Ok
Dais, what did you do?" She asked the former Warlord.
Dais didn't answer her for a moment. "Who is she?" He asked nodding
to the open door Shane went out of. "A friend. A friend who just come
to Japan, I offered to let her stay here until she finds a place of her own.
Anything more than that, you will have to try and get from her." the lady
reffered to as the Ronin Den Mother stated.
"What don't know her name?" Dais asked with a scarasm he had recently
adopted, Mia glared at him. "Can the sarcasm Dais, or I'll have White Blaze
bury you in a hole in the ground for the night. Shane has had some rough times
and I intend to leave it at that until she decides to tell me." She told the former
warlord in no uncertain terms.
Dais raised an eyebrow. He knew Mia well but the protectiveness over Shane
in her voice was new. Still he didn't say anything, only nodded as the group
separated but Cale smirked as he looked at Dais. "So why the questions Dais?
It seems interesting that you walk in with the woman and start asking questions
once she is gone. Very interesting." "Shut up Cale." Dais snapped. "It is none of
your concern." He repiled.
And outside ..... Shane leaned aganist the wall looking at her daggers and sighed
as she sheathed them again. It felt strange, being alone of her own will. Back in
clench of Zaide she was left alone other then when in training or when she was
being punished. She pulled the hem of her sleeve more over her right arm to hide
the scar left on her, she had few but that was the one she hated the most, the scar
of ownership, part of her belonging to Zaide and his cult.
But as she did she remember Kayura and the four men, who, despite a short meeting
seemed famliar to her. Seemed to share something though she couldn't understand what.
*Its seems that they are strangers like me.* She thought to herself.
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Author's Note*
Sepical thanks to my friend and brother Harry for helping me with the conversation
between Dais and Shane since I was under writer's block right.
