Thank you to Zorra, Samantha B., Meira Evenstar,and Firestorm for your reviews. I'm glad you all like it so far! Oh, and I'll be making the chapters longer, I promise. This one is kind of short, but I'll explain that later...

Disclaimer: I do not own the Ronin Warriors. I swear.

Chapter 2

It was a nice Saturday. The sun was shining overhead, and a cool breeze kept the air from becoming too hot. Rowen had woken up late as usual. After staggering into the bathroom for a quick shower, and then eating as much as possible in two minutes, he had descended the stairs of his apartment building, and entered the parking lot. He hurried down the streets, overcoming his drowsiness with each step. He had to make it to the bank to put some spare money in his debit account, and cash his father's check. After that, he was to meet Sage and Kento for a baseball game (Kyodai versus Hanshin) and then the three were going out to dinner. The game started at noon, and Rowen managed to make it to the bank at eleven, giving himself a good hour to get there.

As Rowen entered the marble lobby of Mizuho bank he could instinctively tell that something was not right. He stood at the end of a long line, velvet ropes corded off the section. He stared intently around the room, looking for the cause of his unease. However, everything seemed perfectly in order. The guards were standing at either side of the entrance to the vault, the tellers were handing out money. Even the people in line did not arouse suspicion. An old woman, a mother with a young child, businessmen, families, a pair of teenage girls, old men, none of them seemed particularly devious. And yet… Rowen frowned.

His newfound abilities had never been wrong in the Dynasty. His instincts were sharpened and honed during his battles. If anything, they should be more pronounced than before. Rowen looked up and saw that the line had moved forward, leaving a large space between him and the woman in front of him. As he closed up the space in line Rowen caught sight of movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked quickly and for a brief moment he saw a man standing behind a column, staring at the crowd. He gazed into the now empty space, wondering what the man was doing back there. He did not have to wait long. A few moments later, he heard a 'Bang!' and all he could think was "You have got to be kidding me…"

Not sure whether to run for it and then try to take out the criminals, or to comply, he hesitated. However, the gunman stared straight at him, and he knew it would be impossible for a teenager with electric blue hair to not be remembered. If he slipped out now, he could just wind up getting himself, and others, into even more danger. Therefore, he lowered himself to his knees, his hands on his head. He held back his anger when his hands were tied behind his back. The man gave him a silent warning, a warning he took to heart.

11:25

Rowen looked anxiously at the clock. What were those criminals doing? Why did they not just get their money, and get out? He looked over, watching as a few of the thieves were attempting to gain entry to the vault. On the other side of the room, the gunman was threatening a young teller. He held her up by her bound wrists, making the two of them uncomfortably close. His gun was resting against her collarbone, assuring her that she would not be able to get try anything to escape him without getting killed. She seemed terrified as he demanded to know how to get into the vault. "I don't know! They don't tell us!" she screamed in fright. "I…I'm new here! Please believe me, no one told me anything about the vault!" The gunman looked unconvinced, but he dropped her anyway. She hit the ground hard, before skittering into a sitting position and sliding backward, away from the gunman. Rowen looked at the clock again.

11:28

Who did know how to get into the vault? How much money could they have in there anyway? Was it really worth any of their lives? Rowen shook his head, attempting to clear his mind. These thieves were not going to leave until they got into that vault, and they would not care how many bodies it took to find out how to get in.

So, how is it so far? I thought I'd give a little view into what Rowen's day was supposed to be like, rather than how it's turning out. What is he going to do?

I would have made it longer, but I'm going on vacation tomorrow and wanted to update again before that. So, I hope you enjoyed it.