Alecie made her way back to the room that she had left the Ronin's in.
'They still have a chance.' She thought. 'If they can just convince the counsel that they want to help then we could win this.' Once she entered the room the group stood up.
"How did it go?" Rowen asked.
"Well, you are all going to have to plead your case to the counsel, but if you do it them you guys can stay." She said.
"Alright, then let's do this." Sage said. Aleice bowed her head.
"I don't know how to thank you guys for putting up with all this." She said quietly. "I mean, I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to help us."
"Think nothing of it." Rowen said moving closer to her. "We'll do anything we can to help." Alecie gave a him a smile that sent Rowen's heart fluttering.
"When is this meeting?" Ryo asked.
"First thing tomorrow morning." Alecie said. "My father is talking to them right now, he will give them a night to think it over, and then tomorrow you make your case and then my father will talk with them again and then they decide."
"Alright, we'll be ready." Cye answered.
"Until then, I have found a room that you guys can stay in that is a bit more comfortable than this one. Follow me." She said as she led them out of their current room and headed down a previous hallway. She led them past the first room they had come to and ushered them into an adjoining room with five separate beds.
"There are only five beds here." She said as she entered the room. "Sakura, you can stay with me if you would like." She said turning to her. Sakura looked to Ryo, getting his opinion as he gave her a nod.
"That's fine." She said as Alecie gave a smile. "Well then let's go. I'll be back for you guys early in the morning." She said. She walked to the door, Ryo and Sakura following her. Once out in the hall, Alecie moved down the hall to give Ryo and Sakura their good nights privately.
"Are you sure that you want me to stay with her tonight?" Sakura asked. Ryo smiled.
"I think that it would be good for you to share a room with another girl again." He said. "It's only one night, and I know how you sometimes miss sharing a room with Mia and Alanna."
"Thanks," she said as she gave him a kiss. "I'll see you tomorrow." Ryo squeezed her hand.
"Good night."
"Night." She replied as he watched her join Alecie down the end of the hall. He turned back and entered the room. After the guys had gotten settled they started a conversation about tomorrow's meeting.
"What do you guys think our chances of persuading the king to let us stay are?" Anubis asked.
"I'm not to sure. Alecie seems to think we have some kind of chance." Rowen answered.
"You just want to stay because you like Alecie." Sage said. Rowen blushed.
"No I don't." he said throwing a pillow at Sage.
"Yeah! You do. It's so obvious." Sage teased throwing the pillow back. Rowen deftly caught it as he gave Sage a look.
"Yeah, this coming from the guy that still hasn't told Alanna how much you like her." He taunted. Sage turned beet red as the others guys gave him smirks.
"I'm going to tell her." He protested. "Eventually." He added.
"Seriously, it's better to get over with. I remember how nervous I was about telling Sakura I loved her." Ryo advised.
"Yeah, well, not everybody had it as easy as you did." Sage answered,
"Easy?" Ryo scoffed. "She was Talpa's daughter! The only child of the person we were fighting against! You want to tell me that that was easy?"
"He's got a point." Anubis interjected. "I remember Sakura telling me how hard it was for her."
"Okay, so it wasn't that easy." Sage admitted. He then got a grin on his face as they looked at him curiously.
"What?" Cye asked.
"I just thought of something. If Sakura ends up following in her father's
footsteps. That would make Ryo the next Talpa!" Ryo threw a pillow at the
laughing Sage as the guys started to roughhouse around the room, laughing
hysterically.
