Ok! I know it has been a while since I updated anything. So I posted two chapters on this fiction in hopes you all would read it and like it. My other fiction is being written and I just have not had the time to type it up. I really should as I have another five chapters in waiting. I apologize to all who are reading Romance between peace times. I will find time to post soon……….. I hope. Until then, please enjoy what I don't own as far as characters go……sob wish I did own them though. winks oh well on with the story.
SilenceCh. 2
Rowen awoke early the next morning. He knew that Wild Fire wouldn't be up 'til two or three p.m. at the earliest and the other members wouldn't be up 'til maybe eleven a.m. He sat up from his 'bed' and looked around. A clock on the wall read 7:15(a.m.).
'I got a lot of sleep.' He thought, his inner voice deep with sarcasm.
Another glance around the room revealed that the sun was newly up, the storm had gone and, someone was missing. Everyone was in his group was there, so it was someone from last night.
'Okay. There is Rini, Ami, Rai, Lita, Mina (she sleeps like Ryonie), and Haruka with Michiru next to her, and…… Where is that guy, Darien? He's the one missing.' Rowen thought as he looked around.
Rowen finally stood up and found his sweater. He pulled the sweater over his head and checked his sweatband. After he had run his hands through his hair a few times and made sure Ryonie was alright, he made his way around all the sleeping people to the sliding door that was slightly open. Rowen stepped out onto the dewy back porch of the Shrine.
He was over taken by the beauty of the place. The air smelled fresh, crisp; and heavy with cherry blossoms. The cherry trees were magnificent in color, looks and smell, and the dirt path that led further back was small with fresh foot prints in it. The grass gleamed in the early morning sun as a stray robin chirped a soft song. Rowen looked back at the path and around again. Darien was nowhere in sight and the only way to go was down that little path. Rowen put on his high tops that had been placed outside last night and set off after the foot prints.
Jasmine was placed sporadically along the trail and the fragrance, combined with the cherry blossoms fragrance, was ensnaring. Rowen walked the dirt, winding, tree bordered path until he heard footsteps. They sounded like they were on tile. The tapping noise came closer. Rowen backed off the path and jumped up into a nearby cherry tree. The tapping stopped and soft pats were audible down the path. Rowen held his breath as the footsteps neared the turn that he could see. Rowen tensed in case it was an enemy. The two seconds it took for the traveler to round the corner seemed to take hours to Rowen. Slowly the traveler rounded the corner and Rowen finally identified the shadowed figure. It was Darien. Rowen held his breath in hopes that Darien didn't realize that he was there. His hopes were quickly shredded and Darien stopped forty-five degrees from where Rowen was perched high on a large cherry tree branch. Darien pointedly stared directly at him.
"I know you're there, Rowen." Darien said, lowering his gaze to the ground.
Rowen leapt off the branch and landed in front of Darien. "How did you know I was there?" he asked.
"I don't get off being Tuxedo Mask without having a few extra talents." He replied with his trademark smirk.
"So." Rowen began.
"I want to know what went on last night and who you people are. I feel I can trust all of you, but I don't know why."
"Okay." Rowen said. "Well, we are known as the Rownin Warriors. Ryonie of Wild Fire, Kento of Hard Rock, Sage of the Halo, Cye of the Torrent, and I'm Rowen of the Strata. We fight to protect this world from Tulpa's evil dynasty. The man we faced yesterday was Anubis, one of Tulpa's four warriors. They are bent on obtaining Ryonie's Armor of Inferno. The Armor of Inferno is out best hope of stopping him. The only problem with the armor is it drains a lot of power…" Rowen was cut off by a scream coming from the shrine.
The two men broke into a run. They got back to the shrine to see the Sailor Scouts exchanging blows with some sort of fire demon. He was completely made of hot blazing fire. Mercury and Neptune were blasting it while the other Scouts made guard around the four sleeping warriors. Mini Moon was still pondering what to do when the two frantic men arrived. They looked up to see a hole in the ceiling where the fire beast so rudely came in singing the roof. Darien saw the need for Tuxedo Mask, so in a flash Tuxedo Mask stood where Darien had just been.
Rowen, on the other hand, knew that this was a job for the Z fighters. The only problem was that the closest one was still unconscious on the floor. He kept his ground, then his eyes darted as he saw movement in Kento. Rowen made a mad dash for his unconscious comrades. The beast was drawn by the fast movement and sent multiple fire blasts his way. Blasts were also directed toward the Sailor Scouts to keep them busy putting out the fires. Tuxedo Mask was as powerless against the beast as Mars was. Tuxedo saw a blast heading straight for Ryonie and Sage. Rowen had been hit and wasn't going to make it in time. He ran to block the two from the blast expecting to get charred on the back.
He waited.
Nothing happened. He slowly opened his eyes and saw something that took a long time to register in his mind. The silence in the room was just unbelievable.
In front of him Ryonie had sat up. Her hair was loose and flying all over. It was wavy, golden, soft, and light; her hair was one of her most appealing attributes. Her eyes were a cool, solid baby blue ice, as if she were acting out of sub-consciousness. Her face was solid concentration. Her hands were placed directly at Tuxedo with her palms facing him and wrists touching, fingers spread.
Tuxedo was amazed. He looked around to see a thriving, humming, sparking yellow energy shield. It had blocked the attack. Everyone was still in complete shock when Rowen snapped out of it and ran for her.
He was too late she dropped the shield and collapsed into unconsciousness.
When Rowen got up to her, he shook her violently. "Wake up! We need you, pass out later!" he yelled.
She just laid limp in his grip. "Combine your attacks and hit him all at once." He spoke quietly into the still silence. No one moved. "Do it!" he yelled.
The beast had snapped into action already. He rushed for Rowen and Ryonie. Rowen shielded his unconscious friend awaiting the burning sensation that would accompany the beast. That one never came either. Rowen looked up to see Tuxedo hitting the creature with his cane and his famous roses, doing very little to stall the creature. More like annoy it. To his relief the Scouts were ready.
The Scouts assembled. "Sailor planet attack!" They called. The colorful blast shot at the beast, destroying it. And it all ended, in silence, pure silence.
End Chapter 2