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Minaruto's Quest

Chapter 5

In the room waiting for them was Rie. Newkoe stiffened beside Ruto. His face went white, as he looked upon his twin.

"What are you doing here Rie? How did you get thought the door and hallways?" Newkoe demanded.

"Well my little twin how are you? I haven't seen you in over three years and you greet me with such hostility. Tisk, tisk you used to have better manners then that. Well to answer your questions I do not need to open doors remember? And it was not hard to follow the wet footprints down the hallway. I must commend you little one for your forefathers did a wonderful job building this place." Rie said turning to Ruto.

"Will you please stop calling me little one I am the same age as you! I do have a name if you would like to hear it." Ruto spat out in disgust.

"Well now aren't we a little feisty today? And I do know your name and that we are the same age but little one sounds so cute and just right for you. Oh stop glowering at me brother you know I always flirt with girls. It's not like it's new to you anyway. Oh, but this one is close to you. Well I have to take her from you for she is the only one who can use the crystals and well if I am going to have all the other guardians obey me, I will need to have some power over them. So if you will come with me Ruto we will go get those jewels from down stairs we can be on our way." Rie said as he walked to the stairway. Ruto did not move just stared at Rie as if he had lost his mind that he could order her around. "I don't think you heard me, let's go!" Rie commanded. With saying that he waved his hand and Ruto was lifted off her feet and floated over to Rie who brushed his hand softly down her cheek. "You will learn to come when I call or it will be much worse for you." Ruto jerked back from his touch. "Skittish aren't we? Well we'll have to work on that." Looking at Newkoe, Rie said, "You were going to let her stay like this? With her not listening to you and flinching at your every move. You have bad taste in women but I like a challenge."

Newkoe looked at his brother and said. "She trusted me so I did not have to do a thing but let is happen at her pace. If I were you I would keep a knife under your pillow in the days to come, for if you intend keep her until you are done with this-this...thing?" asked Newkoe.

"Well of course. I am going to marry her so we'll have a son that will have the blue blood so then I will not need her. After she gives me the child then you can have her." Rie said calmly, like it happened all the time. While the brothers were talking Ruto was still floating but she could move her hands and feet. So she grabbed her knife and threw it at Rie's back. It flew straight and true, but Rie just sidestepped it at the last moment. Ruto could throw a knife so well that you could not hear it coming so she was amazed that he dodged it. "Good throw I almost didn't get out of the way fast enough. I didn't know that you were so good with weapons. Brother, I guess you have chosen a good person to fall in love with. But I think I am starting to like her myself." Rie turned to Ruto and waved his hand her arms and legs were stuck to her body. "Let's see what you can do now." He turned back to Newkoe.

"You would be wise just to kill me for I will not let you use me this way I have a number of tricks that no one knows about." Ruto said icily.

"Ouch, I think I just got colder in here. Strong words for some one so soft and beautiful." Rie said in a mock hurt voice.

"Don't you dare underestimate me you bastard! I may be a women but I can still whip your ass if you care to try me." Ruto spat out with her face icy cool.

Rie's eyebrows went up at every word she said. "Wow, I am truly impressed. I don't think I will use you the way I thought I was going to, you are worth so much more as my Dark Lady not as a brood mare. You are more than I could have hoped for." Newkoe went up to his brother and punched him squarely in the jaw. Rie's head snapped to the right with the force of the blow. Rie turned his head and looked at Newkoe with such burning anger that most people would have gone to their knees. Newkoe stared back with the same anger. "That was unwise brother." Rie said after he spat out some blood. "You are being most unwise, for you know that I will beat you, I always have." With that Rie hit Newkoe in the gut. With a grunt Newkoe leaned over in pain. Rie hit him in the middle of the back knocking him to the floor.

All of a sudden Rie hit the floor with Ruto standing behind him putting her foot down on the floor again. "If you mess with him you have to mess with me. You forget where you are. You are in my world here." Ruto warned as she walked over to Rie and kicked him viscously again in the side. He slid two feet from the force of the kick. Rie got up and was on the floor again as Ruto hit him in the face. "As you see, I am not that soft but you seem to be. You are also over confidant in your spells but I have a few myself but I never seem need them."

Rie was looking up at her wiping the blood from his mouth. "Well I seem to have misjudged you again but I will not do that a third time." With that Rie went up in a cloud of black smoke.

Ruto went over to Newkoe who was sitting on the floor, holding his stomach and staring at her in awe. "What haven't you ever seen a girl fight before?" Ruto said.

"Not like that. You were amazing! I did not know that you were so strong. Wow, you never stop astounding me." Newkoe said shaking his head.

"Are you ok, you took some strong punches. Let me see your back to make sure that he did not hurt you." He twisted around and Ruto lifted the bottom of his shirt to check his back. "No, I see nothing wrong other than a big black bruise." Ruto said as she looked at the spot were Rie had hit him. Then Newkoe felt a cool touch and the pain ebbed away and the soreness eased. "There is that better?" Ruto asked. Newkoe turned to look into Ruto's deep blue eyes. He saw worry for him, and fear of Rie for all of her big words, and pain for the thought of what would happen if she had taken Rie to the room below.

"You are really strong aren't you to cover all your emotions and to carry on without any concern for yourself. That's what has drawn me to you. Your selfless love and passion that you do all things put before you." Newkoe said in a tender voice. Ruto's eyes grew big in recognition.

"Your are the boy I saved from drowning aren't you? You said those words to me after you woke up. Your brother was there too. He ran to help you but I was already in the water so I got there first. Your brother knew because you have some sort of twin thing with him right?" Newkoe nodded in answer to her question. "That is why when I met you and your brother again I thought I knew you." Ruto murmured.

"We should get back to your house. So I can rest and you can think of what we should do next." Newkoe said as he got up and cracked his back several times as he stretched.