Chapter 5: Strange behavior

"Whoa! What happen to you Dais? You look like you got in a fight with a dozen Dynasty

soldiers and lost." Kento said to Dais the next morning when the Seasonals with Leona and

Fox, showed up for training. "It's none of your bussinece Hardrock." Dais snapped at him

but was qiuckly eblowed by Sage when he saw a flash of red hair from the stairs as Shane

came down.

Shane pushed some tousled hair from her face as she came down then noticed the others.

She nodded triedly to them in hello, and rubbing Yuli's hair affectionatly she headed into

the kicten. "Sheesh, she looks wrose the Dais." Kento muttered earning himself a glare from

the one eyed Ronin as Leona and Fox went into the kicten after Shane.

"Ms. Shane?" Leona asked coming up behind the woman, Shane smiled some at the 'Ms' part

of it, that wasn't something she got called every day. "Shane." She answered as she turned

to face the siblings. "Nice to meet you, I'm Leona and this is my twin brother Fox." Leona said

as she motioned to her brother, Shane studied them and narrowed her eyes seeing Fox's hair.

"You related to Seckmeht?" She asked, the two smiled. "We are his kids." They answered,

Shane nodded. "Yea, you kind of look it." She answered but frowned some, the girl, Leona

was way too pale for her liking. "Are you alright?" She asked looking her over. "You look

pretty pale." Leona looked away uncomfortably. "The paleness is nothing." She muttered.

*Aren't you souppse to say the cough is nothing?* Shane wondered but bit her tounge to keep from

saying it as she tried to shurg off the feeling of dajvu she felt as she got her a glass of water. Drinking

it qiuckly and pulling her hair back with a black hairband she headed outside to the training area.

"Damm, now where are we going to train?" Cale asked after realizing where the red hair

woman was going. "Mia, you think you could take her to town? Maybe get her away from the

house for a few hours?" Ryo asked the brown haired woman who nodded. "Sure, Ryo." She said

as she went after Shane.

"Shane, hey Shane." She called to her friend, Shane stopped her workout as she looked up at

Mia, with anyone else they be getting their head snapped off but she couldn't summon

more then mild annoiance when Mia interrupted her. "What is it Mia?" She asked.

"Why don't you take a break from training and come to town with me? You haven't seen

Tomaya since you got here so I want to show you around." Mia said, Shane looked at her

for a few moments then shurgged. "Ok, just let me put my daggers up." She said as she walked

back to the house with Mia, who, after getting her car keys, left with Shane for town.

"...... And then there is the park you met us at. It's been ..." Shane patiently listened to Mia as

she explained some of the places in town as the two walked down one of the streets. Shane felt

out of place when she saw some people do double takes or stare at her, she knew there wasn't

too many red haired people in Japan but she took it in stride as she asked a few questions of Mia.

*Just like old times.* Shane thought to herself but suddenly someone garbed Mia! But

before Shane could do anything she felt someone garb her and clap a hand over her mouth

to slience her. Shane looked at Mia and let the person darg her backwards into an alley, had

she been alone she would have fought but she didn't want to risk Mia getting hurt when she wasn't

sure of who had them.

"Alright, ladies if you would be so kind as to hand over your wallets we will be on our way." A

rough voice said as Mia and Shane was faced with three men, one of them who held a

swithblade spoke. "Ahh, come on Tatsu. We can have some fun with them too." Said the man

to Tastu's right. "As long as I get the brown haired first." Said the other man looking Mia over.

"Don't touch her." Shane hissed suddenly, the men looked at her amused. "Oh and what ya going to

do about it red? One snap of my fingers and you both dead." Said Tastu, Shane glared at the black

haired man. "And with one well placed hit, you be wishing your mother never gave birth to you." She

said, Mia noticed that Shane's expression never changed from her normal calmness but her voice

became deadly calm and there was a sudden dark look in Shane's eyes that made even her shiver

some, she only seen that look in the Seasonals' eyes when they was Warlords.

"Why don't we teach this forginer some manners." That was all the wraning that Shane had before

one of the men came at her, she easily ducked under his fist and coming up she upper cut him

to the jaws and locking her right foot behind his knee tripped him up.

She glanced at Mia out of the corner of her eye and smiled seeing Mia dorp to a low kick

and knocked the other man off his feet. *She been pacticing!* She thought amused but then

Mia looked up. "Look out!" She shouted right as Shane turned around to face Tastu.

She felt his swicthblade slice thourgh her upper arm but ingored the pain as she garbbed one of

her dagger that was in the lining of her shirt sleve, she had only to tilt her arm to a certain angle to

get it. She locked her dagger with his blade and turned, he had to dorp his swicthblade or have

his wrist broke. The second he dorpped it Shane kneed him in the stomach and kicking him in the

face Tastu fell to the ground.

Shane glared at the three men as she replaced her dagger, she looked at the sky for a few moments

before she looked at Mia. "You alright my friend?" She asked softly as she looked over the other

woman to make sure she had not been hurt. "Yes, I'm alright." Mia said, Shane nodded. "Go

get the police." She said as Mia left and she stood wacth over the three beaten men.

About an hour later .... Ryo looked up hearing the Mia's car as he looked at the others. "They

are back." He called to the other Ronins before Mia opened the door. " .... and atlest that three

less crooks the city got to worry about for a while." Came Mia's voice. The four men, twelve

teenagers, one boy and one woman exchanged surpised looks hearing this.

"Crooks?" Anubis asked looking Mia over when what her compainon saw was concern. Mia

nodded, smiling a bit timidly but proudly. "Three men attempted to mug us among other things.

Shane and I made them think twice. Right Shane?" Mia asked smiling at her compainon who

nodded. "Yea, the police already said that they won't be getting out for some time so we will

see." She said brushing a sliver lock of hair behind her ear. She jumped with Yuli yelped.

"Shane! You're bleeding!"

Shane looked at her right arm in surprise then remembered Tastu's swicthblade. "Must have

happened in the scuffle." She muttered looking at the trail of blood calmly. "Sit down Shane,

I'm going to treat that. There is no telling what was on the blade." Mia said as she pushed

Shane into a seat. Shane looked at the others and shook her head. "Do not trouble yourself Mia,

it is only a scarth." She said pressing her hand over it, it was too close to her upper arm

to be treated without questions.

But Mia ingored Shane's words as she went into the kicten and returned with some porixcide and

wrapping. "Here let me look." She said reaching to lift the sleeve of Shane's right arm to see it. All

Mia saw was a blur of movement before Shane's left hand clampped over her wrist. "I am fine."

Shane said, her voice taking a deadly calmness as she held tightly onto her friend's wrist though

not enough to hurt her the grip and voice was enough for Mia to nod and slowly pull away.

Shane let go of her friend's wrist as she stood and looked over the others qiuckly, their expression

was mostly of shock though Mia's had shock and hurt mix into it."I am sorry Mia but I will tend

to it alone." Shane said as she carefully took the wrapping and walked outside, leaving behind the

shocked people.

"Whoa! What was that about?!" Kento asked the second Shane was out of sight. "Who knows."

Ryo muttered. "Did you see her expression? Man I haven't seen a look or a tone like that since

the Seasonals was the Warlords!" Kento exclaimed. "Shut up Kento!" Dais suddenly hissed at

the bearer of Hardrock.

Kento looked at him. "Why?" "Because her reasons for doing things are none of your businces.

Leave her alone." Dais snarled at him as he also left even though he knew he was getting strange

looks. "They are both carzy! I only hope it is not contagious." Cale said shaking his head though

Anubis wacthed the retreating figure of his comrade. *Alright Dais, what is it you are hiding?

And why are you sticking up for this woman all of a sudden?* He wondered.