Storms of the Past

By Lady Ava

Disclaimer: I do not own the Ronin Warriors.

Author's Notes: *GASP* This fanfiction's last part has finally been posted?! *falls over* Amazing! Okay, this is it everyone! The last part of this fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed reading it and I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long ^ ^()

ENJOY!

Chapter 5

All Revealed

Later that night, the five Ronin sat down in the movie room. Mia had figured that sooner or later the guys would want to visit the beach house. So, she had the carpenters build a movie theater on the first floor so that they could watch all their shooting and horror movies in there, leaving her the upstairs theater. There were soft rugs on the floor that were nice to sleep on, so it wouldn't be that bad. Kento and Sai sat against the wall where the screen would usually be while Ryo and Rowen argued over which movie they should watch, "Scream" or "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Sage sat against the wall, but was in a deep meditation.

Kento learned never to interfere when Ryo and Rowen were arguing over movies. The last time he tried to offer a helping hand, he ended up with a foot in the stomach and a black eye. So, he remained quiet was he watched the two Ronin duke it out.

Sai was leaning quietly against the wall in his sleeping attire. He felt so tired as he listened to his mini radio headphones. As he began to feel his eye lids dip a bit, a woman reporter interrupted Sai's music. "Attention any Japan shore residents. A sever tropical storm warning has been placed into affect as of now until tomorrow morning. This storm should bring heavy downpours; along with sever lighting and winds. Please stay indoors and do not attempt to drive. Now we return you to your local stations programming."

"We have a tropical storm warning." Sai murmured softly, causing Kento to look over at him. "We are due to have sever winds, lighting, and downpours. This has been put into effect until tomorrow morning."

Suddenly, the lights in the basement began to flicker. "This is going to be the worst part of the entire storm." Rowen stated as he looked up at the lights. That's when they were pulled into darkness. The five teens waited in silence and then turned on their flashlights.

Ryo and Rowen figured that there was no point in continuing their fighting, since they had lost power and couldn't watch a movie, so they sat down on their makeshift beds. The wind howled outside the house as the youths sat there, talking and laughing loudly.

Sai rested his head against the wall and touched his side lightly. The wounds were still bleeding a lot, so that was probably the reason why he felt like passing out. The dimly lit room was spinning wildly as he sat there next to Kento and Sage. "I'm going to get a drink from the bar." He told the others as he started to stand. Pushing off of the wall, Sai turned his flashlight onto its maximum level. As he staggered forward, Sai felt like he was a ship during the middle of a storm. The floor moved beneath him and then suddenly came up and met his face hard.

"Sai? What happened?" He heard Ryo ask.

Pushing himself up, Sai got back to his feet and started back to where the others were sitting. "I tripped over my own two feet. That's all." He mumbled softly as he sat back down against the wall.

Rowen stared over at his friend. "I thought you were thirsty."

Resting his head against Kento's shoulder, Sai grasped his side again. The bleeding was moving a bit faster than before. "I changed my mind." He slurred.

Kento glanced over at the youth that was resting on his shoulder. "Sai, are you feeling alright? You look pale." Touching his friend's hand lightly, he rubbed his fingertips together. "And you're all clammy."

"'m okay. Just really tired. And a bit dizzy and lightheaded." Sai whispered.

"Sai, how long have you been feeling like this?" Rowen asked, touching his friend's forehead.

Adjusting in his place on the floor, Sai leaned a bit closer to Kento, trying to get Rowen to stop feeling his forehead. "Since…got back…" He murmured, starting to skip words all together.

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"Hey Sage."

Sage's eyes flew opened at the sound of Ryo's voice. The way he had said it just told him that something was wrong. "Yeah?"

"Sai isn't looking too good." Rowen told him.

Grabbing his flashlight, Sage slid over so that he could look at the teen. Shinning his light up, he saw that Sai was indeed paler than his usual tan self. Sweat was sliding down the sides of his face and his hair was stuck to his face. Scanning downwards, Sage saw the Sai was holding onto his side that was slowly becoming stained in blood. "Sai, can you take off your shirt?" He finally asked.

Sitting up a bit, Sai used his good arm to lift his shirt off. The others gasped when they saw the blood soaked gauze wrapped around the Australian's mid-drift and arm. "Sai, what happened?" Kento asked as he saw the bandages.

"I didn't tell you the truth about when I out to get the food." Sai told the others tiredly. "I went surfing and got thrown onto the rocks. I don't know why I did it."

"Sai, you could of gotten yourself killed." Rowen scolded as Sage reached behind him to grab the medical kit.

Letting his head drop a bit, Sai felt himself begin to loose awareness of his surroundings. "I guess I wanted to know how it was to surf the waves in a storm." He babbled out.

"Kento, can you lay him out flat and rest his head on your lap?" Sage asked.

"Sure. No prob." The ash haired teen told. Moving Sai off of him a bit, Kento carefully turned the teen and laid him down onto the comfortable floor and rested his head into his lap.

Kneeling down next to his semi-unconscious friend, Sage began to remove the bandages from around Sai's waist. As the gash came into view, Sai heard the other Ronin gag at the sight. "My god Sai. Why would you do this to yourself?" Sage asked as he placed his hands onto the cut.

As he felt a warm feeling wash over him, Sai relaxed a bit. "Because… I don't know where the baseball is Kento."

"Sai? I didn't ask about any—" Kento started.

Staring up at his friends, the others saw that Sai's eyes were feverish. "I need to go and cook dinner…" He slurred out as he fell unconscious on the floor.

"His fever is causing the sweating and disoriented babbling. I managed to patch the wound, but it should leave a scar. If he had come to me sooner, then I would have been able to prevent it." Sage told the others.

"Why is his skin purple?" Rowen asked.

Sage was still rubbing his hands onto the Ronin's side as he finished closing the wound. "Loss of blood. He lost a lot of it. But with a few days of bed rest, he should be just fine and walking around."

Covering Sai with one of the blankets, Kento smiled down at his friend and then at the others. "Let's get some sleep. We'll go upstairs and survey the damage tomorrow morning."

Agreeing, the Ronin went over to the claimed sleeping spots and instantly fell asleep. But outside, the starry sky began to appear through the clouds.

The worst was over.

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Sai awoke to find himself in his bedroom. He was covered with his soft sheets and comforters as he slept soundly. Looking outside, he saw that the sun was shinning brightly outside. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the ocean waves were calm. "What? What happened?"

"Ah, so you finally decided to join the world of the living." A voice stated from the door. Glancing over, Sai saw Ryo standing there holding a tray of food. "Nice to have you back with us, Sai."

Sitting up slowly, Sai felt his side and arm. They felt pretty much normal. As Ryo walked over to his bedside, Sai rolled his shoulder. "Ryo? What happened? How did I get upstairs? What happened to the storm?"

Laughing a bit, Ryo sat down on the edge of his friend's bed. "You've been asleep for the past two days. The storm passed over us without doing too much damage. The guys are outside right now replacing the broken windows. We were all really worried about you." He told as he opened up a covered bowl of soup.

"Why was I asleep for so long?" Sai questioned.

Blowing on the soup a bit, Ryo handed it to Sai. "Loss of blood from your cuts. Your body needed to replace the blood cells you lost, so you slept in order to do that."

Looking down at the soup and then at Ryo, Sai smirked. "Wow Ryo. You actually sound like you know what you're talking about."

"I listened to Sage while he babbled on and on about all his medical stuff…for a change." He smirked happily.

Sipping the soup lightly, Sai smiled. "But, I don't remember a lot from two days ago. What happened?"

Adjusting himself into a more comfortable position on Sai's bed, Ryo gave a weak smile. "You were down in the basement and started to babble random things to us. Then after Sage started to heal you, you passed out after saying that you had to make dinner."

Both teens chuckled a bit at what Sai had said. "I guess I had food on the brain. I'm starving." He said as he happily slurped the soup.

"Hey! Morning Sleeping Beauty!" A voice called from the door. Glancing up, Sai and Ryo saw the other guys standing in the doorway holding large windows in their hands.

Smiling, Sai placed the empty bowl onto the end table. "Hey guys. Sorry that I've been such a bother to you over the past couple of days." He apologized.

Placing the glass down against the wall, Rowen, Sage, and Kento walked over to where their friend sat. "Dude, don't say you're sorry. There is no point. You didn't do anything wrong." Rowen told the teen with a grin.

Averting his gaze to his hands that sat in his lap, Sai felt his spirits drop about sixty notches. Sliding his covers off, Sai swung his leg around to the other side of his bed so that his back was to his friends. Then, he pushed himself up so he was standing unsteadily on his feet. "Yeah I did. I did everything wrong."

"Sai, you should really get back into bed. You still aren't strong enough to be up and walking around." Sage advised, moving around towards his friend.

"I'm fine. See?" He said sharply as he started to walk forward a bit. Sai was moving along alright, but then his legs gave out from underneath him and threw him to his knees. "Damnit." He murmured.

Feeling Kento place his hands onto his back, Sai wanted to pull away but just couldn't. He let the ash haired boy help him to his feet and place him back onto his bed. As the came in contact with his sheets, Sai felt tears in his eyes. They swelled in his eyes as he kept his gaze to the floor. Sai then began to sob softly, causing the others to stare at each other.

"Sai? What's wrong?" He heard Ryo's voice ask.

Running his hand over his face, the teen looked up at his friends. He thought that it was time to tell the others about his father. He couldn't keep it inside any longer. "Ryo, remember when you asked me if I was afraid of something and I yelled at you?"

Sliding over to his friend, Ryo nodded. "Yeah, I remember. Why?"

"The truth is…I was scared. I'm afraid of storms near the ocean. I get scared out of my mind when I'm near them." He murmured.

"But why? I thought you loved the water, no matter what it was like." Kento asked.

Feeling more hot tears come from his eyes, Sai looked straight out the balcony doors and down into the ocean below. "It happened when I was ten. My father was in the National Surfing Composition the beach near my house. I never thought that the day he was going for his twentieth surfing title would be his last." As he paused to regain his composure, he saw Rowen and Sage sit on the floor by his feet. They wanted to listen to what he had to say. "My dad was a champion surfer. He loved everything about the sport, so he taught my mom, sister, and me how to surf. He was just there to have fun that day. It was suppost to be a really bad stormy day. But that made the wave twice as high and twice as hard. He always loved the challenge. Then, he went out there and drowned. Went down right in he surf."

Sai began to break down again. He tried to muffle his sobs, but it was to no effect. Kento place a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Sai, we had no idea." He murmured softly.

Wiping his eyes, the young torrent warrior sat up straight. "I never wanted to say anything. It was just too horrible. The medics managed to get his body out of the water, but it was too late. He was already gone," and then, the tears flowed faster. Sai dropped his head, shielding his face from his friends.

The room fell silent as the sounds of the waves crashing from outside echoed about the room. It almost seemed as if Sai's element was trying to drown out the sobs that its master breathed. The others didn't know how to react to such words. He had spoken them all too fast that it was still sinking in slowly. None knew how to react to it…no one, except Ryo.

Gently, the black haired boy reached over and brushed away the brown locks from face. The redden eyes and flustered cheeks of the teen became visible. Ryo kept his hand upon Sai's head, almost as if trying to offer some kind of silent comfort.

'I know how you feel Sai…' Ryo's voice echoed within his head. Sai looked up quickly to meet a slightly smiling face from the leader. 'I know what its like to loose a parent. But you don't have to worry Sai…we're here for you now…' As the boy studied Ryo's face more, he let his eyes widen in shock. For there, within the tiger blue eyes of his friend, lay a few glittering tears.

"Ryo…" Sai started, reaching up to grab his friend's hand, but the boy moved away from him and stood abruptly.

The others stared at Ryo and then at Sai. "Are you as lost as I am?" Kento muttered to Rowen.

"I'll never be as lost as you Kento," he muttered back quietly, "But I am very confused."

Clearing his throat, letting a sniffle escape his nose, Ryo turned to the others, "Ok! Everyone back to work! We need to get this place back to the way it looked before the storm hit!" he said, in his normal leader-like fashion. "Besides, we gotta let Sai rest and get his energy back." And with that, he headed for the door.

Kento, Rowen and Sage watched Ryo exit the room quietly and quickly. Once he had shut the door behind him, they turned to face Sai. The teen sat quietly in his bed, his eyes still fixed on the door.

"Ryo…" he muttered under his breath.

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Within a few hours, Sai managed to bring himself out of bed. He showered and found the last pair of clean clothes in his suitcase to wear for the trip back to Mia's. Though not the most fashionable outfit (an old long sleeved tee and a pair of Adieas pants), it was comfortable. Pulling his hair back into a small ponytail, the youth went downstairs. The place was cleaned up and some of the others had put their belongings by the door already to be placed into the car.

'Some relaxing weekend this turned out to be,' he thought as he headed for the kitchen. 'A fight with Ryo…major injuries to myself…and almost getting myself killed.'

Moving to grab his shoes from where he had left them two nights ago, Sai glanced out the window. The rock cliffs and the sea were laid out in the landscape so perfectly, he almost thought it to be fake. Of course, the thought would have escaped him, if it hadn't been for a figure of a familiar person standing at the edge of the cliff.

Sai straightened up slightly as he watched the figure stand alone, 'Ryo?'

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The wind was heavy at the cliff's edge, of it came strongly off the ocean to where it met the land. Ryo stood sternly, his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes slightly shut, they stayed focused on the water below him. The wind played with his black hair, pushing it about and into his face.

'Afraid of the ocean….because his father died…' Ryo thought, his brow becoming furrowed with question. 'I can understand the fear…but they didn't have to know.'

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps on the hard earth made his ears perk. Turning about, Ryo was met with Sai's eyes staring right though him. The two teens stood opposite of each other in silence, letting the sounds of the waves and the howl of the wind speak for them.

"I see you're up and about," Ryo said, smiling slightly.

Sai nodded, "Yeah. Couldn't stay in bed any longer."

Silence came between them once again. Sai moved towards the edge until he stood completely next to Ryo. He felt the Wildfire warrior staring at him as he looked out over the ocean.

Closing his eyes, he smiled, "This is more like it," he muttered quietly.

Ryo raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

"The ocean…it's calm." Sai murmured quietly.

Smiling as well, Ryo nodded and looked out as well. "Yeah. Its very beautiful when its calm."

"Ryo…I know that you feel my pain over my father…" Sai continued on, his tone still soft. The black haired boy kept his eyes out to the sea, nodding slightly to the statement, "Your father died by an act of nature as well…didn't he?"

Lowering his head, Ryo sighed, "It doesn't matter how he died Sai. All I can say is that I know the feeling of loosing someone close to you…like a father." He turned and started away back towards the house. "Come on. We better get heading back."

Turning as well, Sai watched the leader head back, "Ryo!" he called, causing the teen to halt in his steps, "…thank you."

Glancing over his shoulder, Ryo raised an eyebrow, "For what?"

Smiling a broad grin, Sai started towards him, "For taking care of me. For letting me know that I'm not alone in having such feelings."

A smirk came to Ryo's mouth, "I don't like seeing one of my best friends hurt. It's the least I could do for you."

Coming to a stop in front of him, Sai held out his hand to him, making Ryo's eyes widen. "What you told me upstairs…though thoughts…that stays between us….agreed?"

Nodding, Ryo firmly grasped Sai's hand, "Agreed."

And with that, the two of boys headed back towards the house. But as they walked, Sai turned and glanced over his shoulder and out at the waves of the ocean. As the breeze kissed his face, he placed a hand onto his father's necklace.

'Take care dad…I'll come back and visit you…I promise…' he thought as he heard the waves crash onto the rocks.

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The End.

Author's Notes: Well, that's it for now. ^_^  I hope you all enjoyed the story.

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