Ronin Goonies Chapter Two Disclaimer: Yeah yeah I own nothing. Blah Blah
The Ronin Goonies
Chapter Two:
The Map
All four boys were in the living room. Ryo and Cye were on the floor playing marbles. Rowen was still reading his magazine, Sage was watching T.V., and Kento was staring at the fish tank while eating a bag of chips.
Sage sighed when he could find nothing to watch. "There's nothing on." He complained turning the television off. "I wish something exciting would happen."
Kento suddenly jumped up. "I forgot. Did you guys see that car chase a few hours ago?" He asked the others.
"What car chase?" Sage asked.
"You guys missed it. It was so cool. A Black Blazer was being chase by a dozen cop cars. They were shooting at it and chased it down the street. It was the most amazing that I'd ever seen." Kento said excitedly.
"Even more amazing then the time Britney Spears came to your house to use the bathroom?" Cye asked putting his marbles up and placing the pouch inside his jean jacket.
"Even more amazing then the time you saved those kids from the burning hot dog stand?" Ryo added.
"Even more amazing then the time you stopped that freaky doctor guy from taking over the world with some kind of magical samurai armor." Sage asked.
"Okay okay, so Britney Spears didn't come to my house to use the bathroom. But her dance instructor did." Kento admitted. The others groan.
"I'm so bored is there anything we can do?" Ryo asked.
"Hey Cye what's up in the attic?" Kento asked out of the blue.
"Stuff from the museum that my grandfather used to run. A lot of it is part of the town's history I think. The museum is supposed to move that stuff out tomorrow I've never been up there before." Cye said.
"Well not time like the present to find out what's up there. Let's go check it out." Kento said climbing up the stairs followed by Ryo. Rowen and Sage shrug and went after them, since there was nothing better to do.
"Guys wait. We're not allowed up there." Cye protested climbing the stairs. Rowen had already pulled the string and got the ladder down.
"You don't think there really is torture machines up there do you?" Ryo asked Kento while Sage and Rowen climbed up the ladder.
"No idiot, I made that up." Kento told him, climbing up.
"Guys come on if my mom finds out that we've been up here, we'll be in real trouble." Cye said climbing up the ladder after Ryo.
"She won't find out if some one doesn't tell her." Rowen said smacking Cye in the back of the head once he reached the top. Cye frowned at him but remained quiet, his own curiosity got the better of him as he too started to explore the tiny attic.
"Hey Cye this is great. All we have are old Halloween decorations in our attic. What is all this stuff?" Kento ranted, he had found what looked like an orange Viking helmet and put it on.
"The museum did an exhibit on the history of the Ronin Goondocks. These were all the rejects." Cye explained flipping through a book.
Rowen and Sage were toying with a large sword and a strange looking Bo with really long arrows.
"Neat, hey Kento, En Guard." Ryo said picking up a katana. Kento grabbed a naginta and the two fought. Cye rolled his eyes at the two and walked over to the pictures by the wall. He looked out the tiny window to see that it was still raining and set his book down. When he did a certain picture caught his eye. Picking up the large frame he brushed the dust of the glass to get a better look at it. From what he could tell it was some sort of treasure map. He flipped the picture over to see if he could get the map. After examining it for a few minutes he could not find a way to open it. It was then that he decided to call up some assistance.
"Kento." Cye called.
Kento dropped his naginta. "I didn't do it." Kento called back.
"I know you didn't just come here." Cye said. Kento took his helmet off and walked over to him. Ryo looked around and found a red helmet with horns and another katana and started playing with them.
"Hey what's up?" Kento asked. Cye gave Kento the picture.
"Hold this." He said then stepped back counting down on his fingers.
"What for? Hey Cye you should seen me wailing on Ryo over there with that big stick thing." Kento continued to rant forgetting what he was holding. The picture slipped out of his hands and fell to the floor, shattering the glass. Kento looked down at the mess. "Opps." He said.
Cye didn't seem to mind as he carefully pulled the map out of glass.
"What did the moron do now?" Rowen asked as he, Sage, and Ryo came over to see what happened.
"Cool what is that Cye?" Ryo asked looking over Cye's shoulder.
"I think it's a treasure map." Cye said looking over it.
"A treasure map? Yeah pull the other one Cye." Rowen said sarcastically.
"No I'm serious. Look at the date on it. 1632." Cye said pointing at it.
"What are all these strange symbols?" Kento asked.
"That's ancient kanji you dope." Rowen said.
"I know that but what's it say? I can't read it." Kento said glaring at Rowen.
"I can read it." Sage said.
"Well, tell us what it says." Ryo said.
Sage cleared his throat and read out loud. "Set in the torch of Spirit. For what once was theirs, now is mine. Seek the treasure of nine. Before there's nothing left. Signed Captain Talpa the Overlord." Sage read.
"Well for a captain, he's really bad at poetry." Kento commented.
"Captain Talpa. I remember my grandfather telling me stories about him. He was the most vicious Captain of his time." Cye explained.
"What did he do?" Ryo asked.
"Everything. He stole gold and jewels from both the Japanese Empire and the Chinese Empire. He attacked and sank other ships. He kept all that he took on his ship, the Inferno. He was the tyrant of the seas." Cye told the others.
"So what's this treasure of nine thing?" Sage asked.
"That was one of the treasures he stole from the Japanese Emperor, the Nine Orbs of Virtue." Cye answered.
"What's that?" Kento asked.
"Don't you learn anything in school? The Nine Orbs of Virtue were these little marble like orbs. Each containing a virtue inside of them. There was a huge reward for the return of them." Rowen explained.
"So what happened to Talpa?" Ryo asked interested in the story.
"Well my grandfather said that the Chinese and Japanese Empires combined their naval fleets and attacked Talpa's ship. They surrounded the Inferno and forced it to flee to the northern shores not far from here. They kept blasting the cliffs until the Inferno was sealed in a cave-in. They left Talpa and his ship inside, never to be released. But Talpa and his men had survived and they spent several years there; digging tunnels and setting traps." Cye explained.
"Why?" Kento asked.
"So no one could get to his treasure. Then he killed all his men." Cye answered.
"Hold it, if he killed all his men how did the map and the story get out?" Rowen asked skeptically.
"Well I guess one of guys got out with the map." Cye suggested.
"Cute story Squirt, to bad it's not real." Sage said.
"But it's true. Honest Sage it really happened." Cye proclaimed.
"I believe ya Cye." Kento said coming to his friend's defense.
"You still believe in the tooth fairy." Rowen commented smirking.
Kento tried to kick him but missed and accidentally hit another picture instead.
"You klutz can't you stand for five minutes with out breaking anything?" Sage asked.
Kento stuck his tongue at the other boy and picked the picture up, looking at it. "Hey guys check this out." Kento said showing the picture of a news clipping. "Lord Saberstrike of Britain came to the shores of Ronin Goondock in search of the famous Legend of Captain Talpa and the Inferno. The explorer quote, "I have the key to the downfall of Talpa." Lord Saberstrike was never seen again." Kento read out loud.
"See this proves that this is real." Cye said.
"Even better Cye. That means the map is real too." Ryo said getting real excited. "Guys, do you know what we could do?"
"If you're thinking about going on a treasure hunt than forget it. Cye's mom will kill me if I let any of you out in the rain." Rowen said pulling the helmet off Ryo's head and tossing it aside.
"But it stopped raining." Kento said gesturing towards the window.
"Doesn't matter. Step one foot outside and I'll really lay it on ya." Rowen warned before getting up. "Let's go back downstairs." Sage got up to follow.
"He's right, boys. Besides if that Lord Saberstrike guy couldn't find it what makes you think you three could?" Sage stated before following Rowen down the ladder, leaving the other three up there.
"But Lord Saberstrike didn't have a map, and we do. I say we go for it." Ryo said grinning mischievously.
"I don't know Ryo. It might be dangerous." Cye said.
"Since when did we ever shy away from danger? What if we do find the treasure Cye? Wouldn't it be worth it?" Ryo asked.
"We could pay off that slimy Sarenbo, and never have to move. Come on Cye, it'll be fun." Kento said.
"What do you say Cye? Ronins for life?" Ryo stated holding his hand out. Kento put his over Ryo's.
Cye thought about it then finally put his in the pile. "Okay I'm in. But how do we get past Rowen and Sage?" Cye asked.
Kento smiled evilly. "Leave that to me. Got any duct tape?" He asked as he and Ryo went down stairs.
Cye rolled up the map and was about to follow when he saw a large gold coin on the floor. Picking it up he glanced at the date and noticed three holes in the center of the coin. "1632." He muttered pocketing the coin and climbing down the stairs.
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Not too far away, a car parked on top of a hill over looking the entire Ronin Goondocks, a snippy looking man was gazing down at the suburb.
"Mr. Sarenbo sir." Mr. Banamon said climbing out of the car.
Sarenbo I looked back at the other man grinning triumphantly. "Is it settled then?" He asked.
"Mr. Hashiba was unavailable however I seriously doubt he'll come up with the money before noon tomorrow." Mr. Banamon said.
"Excellent." Sarenbo said drumming his claw like fingers together. "By this time tomorrow I have my new 18 hole golf course added to my club." Both men laughed.
"What do you say having a par 3 right over there, Banamon?" Sarenbo said pointing across the valley.
"Sounds like a good idea Sir." Mr. Banamon answered.
"Yes it does, doesn't it?" Sarenbo said grinning wickedly. "God it feels good to be rich."
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"Map." Ryo said.
"Check" Cye answered.
"Compass?" Ryo asked.
"Right here." Kento said handing it to Ryo.
"Rope?" Ryo asked.
"I found this in the garage. Hope it's enough." Cye said giving Ryo about twenty feet of nylon rope.
"It should be. Food and water?" Ryo asked while placing the items in his backpack.
"Okay I got three sandwiches, three bottles of water, a bag of chips, and chocolate syrup." Kento said stuffing it all in the backpack.
"What's the chocolate syrup for?" Cye asked.
"In case I get hungry." Kento answered. Both Ryo and Cye groan but let him take it.
"Flashlights?" Ryo asked.
"I could only find two. I'm not sure how good the batteries are though." Cye said handing Ryo the flashlights.
"We'll find out. Now I've got a lighter in case we need a fire. I think we got everything." Ryo said zipping the backpack up and putting it on.
"Alright you guys got the duct tape?" Kento asked. Both Ryo and Cye held up a roll of duct tape. "Good wait for my signal then let them have it." Kento said cracking his knuckles and strolling into the living room followed by the other two.
Rowen and Sage were watching T.V. with very little interest. Neither of them was paying a whole lot of attention when the three conspiring boys walked in.
"Hey Rowen. Wanna play a game?" Kento asked.
"No." Rowen answered not looking up.
"Wrong answer." Kento said grabbing Rowen from behind. Even though Rowen was about a foot taller then him, Kento was a lot stronger and was able to lift the older boy off the couch and throw him on top of Sage, who was sitting in the reclining chair.
"Now guys." Kento said holding the two boys in place while Ryo and Cye duct taped them to the chair.
"Kento, get the hell off us!" Rowen shouted struggling while poor Sage was getting squished.
It wasn't until Ryo and Cye had used about two-thirds of their rolls did Kento finally get up. Rowen was halfway sitting in Sage's lap when they finished. "When I get out of this Cye I'm gonna kick your sorry ass back to Britain." Rowen threatened.
Cye grinned, tearing a piece of tape off he slapped across Rowen's mouth. "Chill out Rowen." He said as he and the other two left.
The three boys go out to the garage to get White Blaze. "Where do we need to go first?" Kento asked.
"There's a Lighthouse restaurant by the shore. We could start there." Cye said.
"Good maybe we can get a bite to eat while we're there." Kento commented.
"Let's go White Blaze." Ryo said pulling White Blaze out of the garage.
"Uhm, Ryo, what did you give White Blaze to chew on?" Cye asked noting the tire in White Blaze's mouth.
"Rowen's motorcycle. Come on let's go." Ryo said taking the tire and tossing it aside.
"Can he carry all of us?" Kento asked.
"He can carry a horse on his back, now get on." Ryo said climbing on the tiger's back. Cye shrugs and climbs on behind Ryo, Kento climbs on behind him. "Alright onward White Blaze." Ryo yelled. White Blaze roars and runs towards the shoreline.
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It was about ten minutes after they left when Mrs. Mouri-Hashiba and Mrs. Chung returned and were surprised to see the two older boys taped to the chair. Mrs. Chung dropped her grocery bags and was yelling something in Chinese.
"What in the world is going on?" Mrs. Mouri-Hashiba asked. Rowen tried to answer put he still had tape stuck to his mouth.
"Mrs. H can you untie us?" Sage asked pitifully. His leg was cramping and he desperately wanted to get out of this embarrassing situation. Mrs. Mouri-Hashiba went over and ripped the tape off Rowen's mouth.
"Ow! What was that for?" Rowen asked his mouth stinging.
"How many time have I told you boys that duct tape is not a toy?" Mrs. Mouri-Hashiba asked giving him a stern look.
"But we didn't…" Rowen said trying to explain.
"I don't want to hear it right now Rowen. Where's your brother?" Mrs. Mouri-Hashiba asked leaving the room.
"Mrs. H." Sage called. "Will somebody help us?"
"Hey Mrs. Chung. Come here and untie us." Rowen called to the other woman. Mrs. Chung yelped and ran out of the room.
"You know you must have done something really bad to scare her like that." Sage commented.
Fifteen minutes later both Rowen and Sage were freed from the tape and ran outside. "Rowen, you better bring the others back before dark or both you and Cye will be in real trouble." Mrs. Mouri-Hashiba called after them.
"Yeah yeah." Rowen said opening the garage door to get his motorcycle.
"Uhm, Rowen, you're not going to like it but I think Ryo let White Blaze use your motorcycle for a chew toy." Sage said gesturing to the tire with teeth marks in it.
"Son of a… I'm gonna kill all three of them." Rowen swore kicking the dirt.
"What about your parent's car?" Sage suggested.
"Nah, after what I did to it last time they won't let me drive it without one of them with me." Rowen said looking around for another way of transportation. He saw a little brown haired boy riding a ten-speed bike across the road. "I got it. Come on Sage." Rowen said walking across the street.
Sage saw were he was heading and shook his head. "You've got to be kidding me." He muttered as he followed.
"Hey kid can we borrow your bike?" Rowen asked the boy.
Nine-year-old Yuli looked up at the two curiously. "Maybe, what's in it for me?" He asked.
Rowen frowned and dug in his pockets. "Ten yen and a Swiss army knife." Rowen said handing Yuli the items.
"Deal. But I get it back right?" Yuli asked giving Rowen the bike.
"Yeah sure kid whatever." Rowen said not paying attention as he climbed on the bike. "Come on Sage."
Sage rolled his eyes. "Man you owe me big for this." Sage said climbing on behind Rowen.
Yuli watched as the two coasted down the hill with an amused expression on his face then turned to walk home.
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White Blaze ran through much of down town since the shoreline was on the other side. "Hey Cye, I think I see your dad up ahead." Ryo said.
Cye looked up and sure enough there was Mr. Hashiba coming out of the courthouse. "Hey Dad." Cye yelled as they ran past him.
Mr. Hashiba looked up to see the three boys and tiger run past. "Hi Cye. Be home before dinner okay?" He yelled. Not getting a response he shrugged and walked to his car.
"I think your dad said something." Kento told Cye.
"What did he say?" Cye asked.
"Don't know. Couldn't hear." Kento answered.
"Where almost there guys." Ryo called back to them. White Blaze ran out of the town and through the forest before stopping at a field. Less than a half-mile away was the shoreline. Ryo and the other got off White Blaze back.
"Okay let's look at the map." Ryo said taking his backpack off and pulling the map out. Kento took the pack and pulled out the bag of potato chips and chowed down.
"Okay this is the shore line and this is the land." Ryo said pointing at the spots on the map.
"Like I didn't know that. But what's that up here?" Cye asked pointing near the top where there was a dark spot on the land with several kanji symbols next to it.
"I think it's a cave." Ryo suggested.
"Maybe, But where do you think it would be?" Cye asked.
"You see these to rocks out in the sea? I think they line up with the cave entrance. We find those rocks, we find the cave." Ryo said looking around.
"Okay so we go north. Which way is north?" Cye asked. Ryo pulled out the compass and looked at it. "That way." Ryo said pointing forward.
"Let's go Kento." Cye said taking the backpack and giving it to Ryo.
"White Blaze, go home." Ryo told the tiger. White Blazed whimpered as if to say no. "Go on White Blaze, we'll be fine." Ryo assured him. White Blaze still didn't like it but he did was his owner said and left.
"Alright, let's go on a treasure hunt guys." Ryo said putting the backpack back on and the three trotted up the hill going north.
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Riding in a new red convertible Kayura and Mia were trying to have a good time while Bo kept fixing the rearview mirror to look down Kayura's purple blouse. The girls had changed out of their uniforms. Kayura was wearing a purple blouse, hip huggers, and white tennis shoes. Mia was wearing a pink sweater, faded jeans, and black tennis shoes.
"Bo. Touch that mirror again and I'll hit you." Kayura threatened.
Bo laughed. "Sure babe, you can hit me all you like." Bo said. Mia rolled her eyes from her position in the backseat.
"Grow up Bo." Kayura said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Cold babe? Here take my jacket." Bo said handing her his football jacket. Kayura took it and put it on only so Bo would stop looking down her blouse.
"Hey check out the guys on the bike." Mia said pointing ahead of them. Bo and Kayura look up to see two boys riding on the same kiddie bike.
"Hey isn't that Sage Date and Rowen Hashiba?" Kayura asked.
"Yeah it is. Let's ask them if they need a ride." Mia suggested.
Bo was going to protest however he would like a chance to make fun of Rowen Hashiba on a kiddie bike so he drove up next to them and stopped.
Rowen looked up in time to see Sarenbo II pull over next to him. 'Great what does that asshole want?' Rowen wondered.
"Hey Hashiba, nice bike. Couldn't afford one built for two?" Bo taunted. Rowen was about to tell the guy off when he saw Kayura sitting in the passenger seat and his mind went blank.
Kayura smiled shyly at him. "Hey Rowen, do you guys need a ride some where?" She asked.
Rowen was too busy gawking at how pretty she was that he didn't answer. Luck for him Sage did. "We're fine thanks." Sage said nudging Rowen in the ribs.
"Are you sure? I'm sure Bo wouldn't mind driving you to where ever you need to go." Mia said.
Bo would have protest but he had another idea. "Yeah Hashiba, I wouldn't mind it a bit." Bo said grabbing a hold of the handlebars, throwing his car into gear and slamming on the gas pedal.
"Hey stop!" Rowen yelled as the bike raced along said of the car.
"Bo stop it you'll kill them!" Kayura yelled hitting his arm. Bo continued to laugh and went faster.
Sage looked down to see the chain break and the tires were burning. 'We're gonna die.' He thought as he looked up to see that the road turned to the right and straight on was a very steep hill.
As soon as they reached the turn Bo let go of the handlebars. "So long Ronins." He called as he turned and the bike continued straight.
"OH SHIT!" Both boys yelled as they flew down the steep hill.