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Chapter 2

After Sage hung up with his mother he went out to the porch. "Cye, do you want to go to the aquarium with me? My mother wants me to take Satsuki there. You guys are welcome to join in you want to."

"Do I ever!" Cye replied with glee.

Sage looked at the rest indicating that he wanted an answer. "Man, you know I was going to grill burgers today," Kento said

"I know we should be back way before you start."

"I doubt it; it's noon."

Sage looked at Ryo. "Nah, I'll stay and help have the burgers done when you two get back," he said.

Mia and Rowen just shook their heads. "Okay, all I need to do is take a shower and I'll be ready," Sage finished going inside.

A few minutes passed and Sage was back downstairs on the porch. "Ready Cye?" Cye's standing up was his reply. "Can I borrow the jeep Mia?"

"Just don't go joyriding and I don't care."

With that Sage and Cye were headed off down the driveway, and to pick up Satsuki.

Sage sat in the driver's seat as he drove down the driveway. He turned on the raido to fill in the silence between him and Cye. The two of their behaviors at the moment were completely different from each other. Cye was very excited to go to the aquarium to see all of the marine life up close; therefore he was a little fidgety and he his beaming with energy. Sage, on the other hand, was very nervous about picking up his sister; his breathing was somewhat heavy and he was shaking a bit.

Cye looked saw that Sage's had was shaking a bit when he reached down to change the gears. "You know you don't have to be nervous Sage," said Cye.

"What makes you say that?" Sage asked.

"Come on drop the act; you're shaking."

Sage didn't answer. He knew that the others knew how he felt when he was out with his family. He also knew that there was no need of denying a loosing battle, especially with Cye; so he decided not to answer.

"I understand that you don't want to answer, but everything will be fine. The dynasty hasn't returned since we defeated Talpa."

"I know; it's just… I don't know what I would do if something were to happen."

"I can assure you that everything will be fine. I just want you to do me one thing."

"What's that?" Sage asked

"Just relax, because if you don't you won't enjoy yourself. Remember you're doing this for Satsuki. You should be happy that you get to spend time with her."

"You have a point," he said with a half smile.

Throne Room in the Dynasty Palace

Dais, Sehkmet, and Cale were all kneeling in front of an empty throne. "We will do as you command, Master Kimanshi," the three of them said as one.

If someone were in the room with them that person would think that they were insane, because it looked like the Warlords were talking to themselves. The only thing that was in the room was the purple haze. "Good. I need a new host body seeing that my servant has been eliminated and is unable to find me one."

"Master Kimanshi, allow me to be seek and bring you a host," stated Sehkmet

"Although that could work my host needs to accept me of his or her own free will," Kimanshi replied. "I am most certain that you three will find the most valuable hosts."

"Then I accept and become your host," Dais said beating the other two to it.

"I am certain that will not work. Even though you did accept me freely this person must be untainted." Kimanshi partially lied. By tainted he means brainwashed because if it weren't for them being brainwashed they would never have accepted him on their own free will.

The three Warlords remained silent. "The Ronins," the three of them sinisterly said.

"Ah yes, the Ronin Warriors. I suspect that one of them will make a most valuable host; they are so strong. The three of you may have your fun with the Ronins, but do not capture them or kill them for I do not wish them to inquire what our plans are. I want them to think that the three of you are still evil. Now go amongst yourselves and create a plan. I do not wish you to charge blindly."

"Yes Master Kimanshi." The three of them stated as they disappeared from the throne room.

Sage parked the jeep in the hospital parking lot and he and Cye entered. They turned a corner and walked down a long hallway. They saw Satsuki looking at a book as they approached the lobby. "Oh, hi guys," she said as she looked up from the book; she then stood up.

"Hi," greeted Cye.

"Hey Satsuki," Sage greeted as she came up to him and they hugged.

"Thanks for taking me to the aquarium," she chimed

"No problem. Let's go tell mom that I'm here so she'll know that you're gone."

A couple minutes passed and the three of them were back on the road. Cye sat up front and Satsuki behind Sage. Cye noticed that Sage's was shaking a bit as he reached to change the gears. Cye just stared at him for a bit. Sage glanced over and saw that he was staring, but didn't say anything because he knew what he was staring at. "Sage, did you hear me?" Satsuki asked.

"What? Oh sorry, no I didn't," Sage replied

"I said thanks for taking me to the aquarium. I've been wanting to go since it opened."

"Me too, but it seems like I never have the time to do it," Cye chimed in turning to face her a bit.

"I'm glad you came too, Cye. Now I have someone who can tell some neat things about the fish other than the usual "I don't know" or "it's just a fish to me," Satsuki replied.

Cye turned back around and laughed. Sage narrowed his eyes and glared at him; he also had a smirk on his face. Cye saw that Sage had smirked and smiled at him. 'It's working,' he thought to himself. 'He's finally lightening up a little.'

'Great,' Sage thought 'I'll never live this day down.'

Quite a few minutes passed and they were finally at the aquarium. They stepped out of the jeep and approached the ticket counter. "Remember, don't be so tense. You're here to have a good time," Cye said quietly to Sage while waiting in line.

"I know. I'm doing fine so far."

"Yeah," Cye rolled his eyes. "You are still way too tense."

"But not as much as I was," Sage added

"True, but I'm still right," Cye finished.

They purchased their tickets and entered the aquarium. "Wow! This place is huge," Sage exclaimed.

Cye and Satsuki nodded. "Let's go this way," she said as she started in a slow run. "Slow down Satsuki!" Sage said as he trotted behind her with Cye in tow just as excited as Satsuki.

Satsuki stopped in front of a large tank that held countless numbers of tropical fish. "They're so pretty," she said.

"I know. Don't you just want to go swimming with them?" Cye said.

Sage stood behind them against the other side of the wall smirking. Cye turned around and asked "What?"

"I never thought that I would have to baby-sit you too," Sage replied.

"Oh yeah, well turn around," Cye added. Satsuki turned thinking Cye was talking to her.

"Ugh," Sage made a noise as he flinched. Behind him was a really big really ugly fish eyeballing him. Cye and Satsuki laughed at his reaction.

Satsuki started to run off ahead of them again. "Satsuki don't go so fast so you can stay and look at them for a bit," Sage said. She then slowed to a walk. "Crazy kid," he said to Cye.

"Glad to see that you are enjoying yourself," said Cye.

"I will admit this is more fun than what I thought."

"Good, but Sage don't refer to this as babysitting. You are doing something nice for your sister and don't ruin it." Cye said slightly perturbed with a blank expression on his face.

Sage just looked at him for a moment. He knew how stubborn Cye could be especially when it came for sticking up with family. "I suppose you're right. Sorry," Sage said.

About thirty minutes passed and the three of them were have a fun time. They were now at a section of the aquarium that was tunneled under water. The three of them had faces plastered with amazement. They stood close to the wall of one of the tunnels and watched several sharks swim. "Oh look," pointed Satsuki as a shark was swimming toward them.

The shark was now three inches from the wall as it struck. The three of them jumped back surprised and quickly smiled wildly. "That was amazing," said Cye.

"What a rush," pitched Sage.

As they continued on through the tunnels they saw more sharks of different kinds. The three of them were having a wonderful time. Sage and Satsuki stepped out of the tunnel talking amongst each other. Soon realizing that they left Cye behind the turned around. "You coming Cye?" Sage asked.

"Go on ahead. I think I want to go back through and stay a little while longer."

"Suit yourself," Satsuki said turning around Sage following.

Cye reentered the long flow of tunnels underneath the sharks. He felt at peace like he was actually in the water. All of the other people seemed to drown out from his mind as he absorbed the essence of the water and the marine life. He turned around still not noticing the people around him. He walked up to the wall and a shark swam up to him. The shark did nothing but stare at him for a moment and then swam down the length of the tunnel; Cye followed.

He followed the shark all the way until the end of the tunnel where the shark swam away from the wall. "I guess this is my stop," he said to himself.

He exited the tunnel and was now in a hands-on section of the aquarium. He proceeded down some stairs towards a section the peaked his interest. It appeared that the visitors could reach into a shallow aquarium and feel some sort of fish. Once at the side of the aquarium he saw that the fish looked more like rocks. With the help of the aquarium aide he was allowed to pick up the creature. Studying it for about thirty seconds he dunked it back into the water for a few more and flipped it upside down. Surprisingly it was white on the bottom and soft; instead of hard and brown.

He flipped the fish back over and continued to explore. We walked over to a television and watched a few minutes of a film about some of the marine life in that particular section.

Something began to pull at his mind harder. 'What is that?' He thought, 'I've felt it since the shark. Something here isn't right. I guess that's what I get for trying to ignore it.'

He looked around for a few seconds and saw a turquoise light that seemed to be radiating from somewhere. He walked toward the direction of the glow and found himself in a room with mud against the walls. He saw that people were digging through the mud looking at some mud animals. ...it lays its eggs in the mud and covers them from invaders, an audio visual screen announced.

Cye, now standing in front of where the light seem to be originating, began to dig through the mud. Cye quickly and almost frantically pushed the mud aside his eagerness at its peak. To everyone else it looked like he was just a crazy boy playing in the mud.

'Don't tell me…' he thought. Upon pushing more of the mud aside he uncovered his armor orb. 'Great, Sage is going to freak.' He now set out to find Sage and Satsuki.

"Eeeh!" squealed Satsuki.

Sage's head snapped in the direction of her squeal. "It just ate the smaller fish that that guy put in!"

Sage sighed in relief with a bit frustration mixed in. "Don't do that," he mumbled.

Sage's nervousness had grown. It never really had gone away, but with Cye around he just felt better. Satsuki darted off in another direction and Sage quickly followed. 'Stay calm. Everything is going to be fine,' he thought.

He watched Satsuki as she darted into a dark room. "Great she had to go in there," he mumbled.

He walked toward the entrance of the dark room and noticed a green glow shining from the room. He contorted his face with no other thought.

Upon stepping into the room he noticed that several of the fish seemed to be glowing. These particular fish live at the ocean floor and create their own light, an audio speaker announced. The room was dark and three of the walls were large tanks that stretched almost the entire length and height.

"This is my favorite," Satsuki said in awe in the best words that she could describe it.

Sage was left almost speechless as well, "Mine too." The two of them turned around and all they could see in the dark room was the fish.

Sage's nervousness, seemingly forgotten, soon sparked its return as something pecked in the back of his mind. He turned around somewhat worried staring at a large tank on the far wall. He cautiously approached it seeing a green glow. "What are you looking at Sage?" Satsuki questioned.

Sage didn't answer. He continued to stare off into space. "Sage? Hello… brother is something the matter?" She continued seeing a worried look on his face.

"No, everything is fine. I thought I saw something," he answered. "Now go back over there and look at the fish for a minute."

"Okay," Satsuki said slowly before turning and leaving him alone.

Sage now touched the glass with the fingertips of his right hand. The light now seemed to be heading into his direction. The light seemed blinding but wasn't hurting his eyes; not even making him squint. The stopped and now was focus around his fingertips touching the glass. Sage's nerves and worry were at their peak. He slowly pulled his hand away from the glass and noticed that the tips of each of his fingers were glowing. The glow then left his fingertips and traveled down toward his palm. His eyes widened as each of the lights merged together at his palm and formed his armor orb.

He quickly placed his orb in his pocket and went over to Satsuki. "It's time to find Cye," he said.

His nerves were completely shot as he practically dragged Satsuki through the aquarium by her wrist. Satsuki was taken by surprise by his sudden actions. She could feel him shaking as he held her wrist. "Sage, what's the matter?" She asked, "you're shaking."

Sage chose not to answer her. He was trying to do his best to remain calm, but failing miserably. They quickly came to a small set a stairs and ascended them. They stood at the top so they could see over the crowd and spot Cye better.

Cye had been wandering around looking for Sage and Satsuki for about fifteen minutes now. He was now in the gift shop quickly scanning through the aisles looking for the tall blond. Not seeing him in there he left and saw a large crowd of people. 'Great I'll never find him if he's in here,' he thought. After scanning the most immediate people around him he noticed a small flight of stairs. As he examined the stairs more he saw Sage and Satsuki standing at the top looking directly at him with Satsuki waving her hand high above her head.

"We need to leave," Sage told Cye bluntly as he approached them.

"But we didn't even look at everything yet," Satsuki complained.

Sage looked at her with a blank stare. "You pretty much saw everything there was. We're back where we entered. Now it's time to leave."

"Okay," Satsuki said in defeat.

In the Dynasty

Cale, Dais, and Sehkmet were all gathered together devising plans for a new host. Dais and Sehkmet were outlining plans on pieces of paper, while Cale watched a monitor.

Displaying on the monitor was Cye, Sage, and Satsuki inside the aquarium. He watched as they walked through the shark tunnels. He crossed his arms staring blankly. Uninterested in Cye as he reentered the tunnels, he continued to watch Sage and Satsuki. He watched them enter the dark room with the fish. Hello… brother is something the matter? Satsuki asked.

Cale's eyes bugged out. He quickly turned around to Dais and Sehkmet. "I've got it!" he exclaimed.

"What?" Asked Dais.

"That girl on the screen is Sage of Halo's little sister. That's our ticket," Cale answered pointing at the screen. The screen now displayed them searching for Cye and then leaving.

"So what's the plan?" asked Sehkmet.

The three of them quickly exited and started toward the car. Sage in the lead and Cye and Satsuki a few paces behind trying to keep up. "Cye, do you know what's bothering my brother?" Satsuki questioned.

"No I do not," he replied. He hated lying because he knew exactly what was bothering Sage.

Sage started the jeep and they pulled out of the parking space and headed toward the hospital.

"I don't know if mom told you, but you're supposed to take me home," Satsuki stated.

Sage tensed even more; Cye saw his hand shaking on the steering wheel. 'Man he's going nuts,' he thought. "Sage…" he started.

"Don't want to hear it Cye," he interrupted knowing what he would say.

Cye just closed his mouth. "Sage, what's the matter?" Satsuki continued from the back seat.

Sage remained silent. "Please Sage; you're scaring me," she pleaded.

He glanced at her in the rearview mirror, "It nothing. Just a problem that I have to take care of," he said.

"Okay, but at least stop and get me something to eat. I'm starving," Satsuki added.

In the Dynasty

"You two can do whatever you want. The girl is mine," said Cale.

"I think those two should throw us a welcome back party. Too bad I'll have to beat them for not doing it," Sehkmet said.

"The next one to attack the Ronin's will be me," Dais said staring coldly at Sehkmet. He then walked over to a chair and sat with his arms crossed deciding to watch the monitor as Sehkmet and Cale left.

Sage stopped at his house and his sister got out with her food in hand. He walked up to the front and gave Sage a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Love you brother. Bye Cye," she said before skipping to the front door.

"Love you too," he replied. Cye waved.

Sage watched her enter the house and reached into his pocket and turned to Cye. Both he and Cye showed their crystals to each other at the same time, Sage's hand still shaking. "So you too?" Said Sage.

"Yep," said Cye. "Look, I'm sorry about…"

"Don't worry; you couldn't have known this was going to happen. All that concerns me is that Satsuki is safe.

"I think we should get back and tell the other's as soon as possible," Cye stated pocketing his orb.

"Right. Let's go," Sage said with a forced smile.

Inside the Date Household

Satsuki shut the door behind her and locked it. She slipped off her shoes and walked into the living room. She turned on the television to some cartoons and ate her burger.

A few minutes later she finished and cleaned up her scraps. She looked at the clock and thought, 'Dad will be home in about an hour.' She returned to the television and resumed watching her cartoons.

"Hello, Satsuki," Cale said maniacally.

She quickly jumped up from the couch, his presence scaring her. "Who are you? What do you want? How did you get in?" She frantically threw a barrage of questions at him. She slowly inched her way towards the back door shaking like she was freezing.

"My name is Cale, I want you, and I'll show you in a few seconds," Cale answered.

Satsuki quickly made a dash for the back door, but was quickly cut off by Cale. She ran straight into his arms. He pinned her arms by her sides and held the kicking and screaming girl under one of his arms. "What do you want with me?" Satsuki continued.

"Simple; bait," he replied sternly.

"For what!" she cried.

"Your brother," he said coldly as he teleported back to the dynasty.

Author's notes: So what did you think? I know probably nothing much happened, but this chapter is really important to the story plot. I promise in the next chapter there will be plenty of action. I hope I didn't disappoint anybody about bringing the armors back so soon. My whole point of the aquarium chapter is to display how nervous Sage is; it is also to indicate him almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Reviews:

Yakumo27: Thanks for the compliment, and I'll do my best to keep the chapters up at a reasonable pace.

Firestorm: I'm glad you like my story. Even thought this fic has a lot to do with Sage I'm trying to round my story between the different characters. My brother accuses me of focusing too much on one person a great deal. Also, thanks for the pointers with the grammar. I guess you can tell I'm not an English major. I also went back and fixed most of the things you suggested to me (the most obvious being the grammar.) Thanks about the science info about tigers; I never knew that. I guess when one thinks "cat" they also think "purr."