Cye groaned tiredly as he turned over and faced him. His eyes were half open when he looked over towards him. "Yea?"
"Um, my clothes are too big," Kento replied when he tugged on his muscle shirt. "AH! I'm swiming in my shirt!"
Kento's yell woke the remaining Ronins up. They stumbled out of their rooms and over each other as they finally made it to Cye and Kento's room.
"What the? Cye, Kento, you're small!" Ryo exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Oh yea? You're not so big either!" Kento shot back.
The five boys looked at each other in disbelief, and then everything broke loose.
Cye started to cry, while Kento taunted by calling him baby Cye.
Sage didn't really change much personality wise, he still was quiet and thoughtful.
Rowen looked over at Kento and Cye and said no at least three times in a row from Kento's teasing.
Ryo for some reason hid behind the couch, and then he peeked over the side of it and saw Sage look over towards him. Ryo said peek a boo and then hid again.
Kento's eyes went wide in excitement when he saw a box that laid upon the table. He climbed the chair and peeked over the edge of it. Just as he raised further up on his tip toes, and then tumbled inside head first. "Ouchie!"
"No! no ouchie," Rowen exclaimed back at the orange Ronin.
Kento reached up and pulled himself to stand. A small opened bag of packaging peanuts broke further and rained over his head. The small orange Ronin started to push the packaging peanuts out of his face. "Stop laughing. Not funny!"
"No!" Rowen shouted back and then took off running and climbed as fast as his little legs could onto a chair.
As soon as Kento got himself out of the box and down onto the floor. He hobbled over to where Rowen climbed and shook his tiny fist at him.
Cye sniffled when he plopped down on the floor and wiped his eyes.
Sage still hadn't said anything for a while, he just kept thinking.
"Peek a boo," Ryo called out when he saw Cye looking at him and then laughed and ducked behind the couch again.
"As you can see my warlords, you'll have no trouble in bringing those rug rats to me," Talpa pointed out. "This will ensure me to regain my entire armor! Now go!"
The four Warlords bowed and then phased out of the room in order to fulfill their master's order.
It didn't take long for the Warlords to have arrived at the manor. Just as the four of them entered, they were looked upon from the five little Ronins.
"Strangers!" All of them yelled in unison and then scattered into different places around the room.
The four Warlords sweat dropped when they saw them scatter, and then they looked at each other.
"Come on, let's just get this over with," Sekhmet said when he and the other Warlords spread out.
"Alright, Strata, you're coming back with me to the Dynasty, so don't give me any trouble," Dais told him sternly.
Rowen frowned deeply from his place behind a large table leg, "No! No! No!"
"Look, come with me, and I'll give you candy," Dais taunted as he tried to reach around for him.
"No," Rowen shouted again, but then his eyes widened in excitement when he heard his favorite word, "Candy! Candy! Candy!"
Anubis walked over towards the couch to where Ryo had been hiding. "Why don't you come out Wildfire?"
Ryo peeked his head only half way and then his eyes met with Anubis's, "Peek a boo!"
Anubis was taken back by surprise that he missed his chance when Ryo ducked back behind.
Cale cornered Cye and Kento. Cye started to sniffle and was on the verge of crying. Kento stayed in front of him staring Cale down.
"Let's go you two, I don't have time for this," Cale growled in a bit of annoyance.
Kento looked around and then he saw a couple of roller blades. He picked them up and threw them at the Warlord, "Hardrock!" When the roller blades hit Cale, Kento flexed his muscles and laughed.
Cale stumbled back and looked upon Kento in disbelief. Even in his tiny frame, he still had a lot of strength for a small child.
"Enough of this, they're only children," Anubis pointed out, "Just gather them up and let's get them to master Talpa."
"What do you think we're doing Anubis? Giving them piggy back rides," Sekhmet shot back in annoyance.
Just as when Sekhmet said piggy back rides, each of the five chibi Ronins eyes went wide in excitement, as they jumped up and down. "Piggy back rides! Give piggy back rides!"
The four Warlords looked at each other and then blinked in disbelief. They couldn't believe what they were going to do, but if it was going to get them to the Dynasty it was worth a shot. So they knelt down on their knees as they waited for the little Ronins to have climbed upon their backs.
Ryo pounced upon Anubis's back and wrapped his tiny little arms around the Warlord's neck.
Then Anubis stood up when he rolled his eyes as he secured Wildfire to him.
Sage climbed upon Dais's back, and the Warlord of Illusion followed Anubis's lead.
Rowen perched upon Sekhmet's back, and once the Warlord of Venom knew that he was secured he stood.
Then that left Kento and Cye. Kento took hold of Cye's hand and then they leapt onto Cale's back.
Cale almost fell forward from the force of their landing on his back. Then once he became stable, Cale stood up with both of them secured. "Can we just get back now before something else happens?"
The other Warlords gave a slight nod and then they shimmered out of the manor with the chibi Ronins, and finally they arrived inside of Talpa's castle.
The little Ronins' eyes went wide from when they saw the interior of the castle.
"Spooky," Cye said when he hid his head into Cale's back.
Kento looked at his friend, "Don't worry Cye, I'm here. I won't let the monsters get you. They'll run from me."
Cye looked up and then smiled at Kento, and then the small bearer of Hardrock smiled back.
When the Warlords continued towards the throne room. Ryo started to get very excited as he started to bounce up and down upon Anubis' back, "Oooh! Fire! Burn fire burn!"
The Warlord of cruelty glanced back in annoyance from the corner of his eye, "Stop that! Don't bounce on my back like a trampoline!"
The five little Ronins became excited again, "Trampoline! We want to jump! We want to jump!"
"No, you can't jump just yet. Behave and you might jump later," Dais told them as they entered the throne room.
"Whoa, who is that," Rowen asked when Talpa entered the room, "He looks like a walking tin man."
Talpa bit back his reaction and then replied in a calm manner, "I am Talpa, and this is my castle. Warlords, set them down."
They gave no second thoughts on their master's order and set them down as fast as they could, and then stepped back.
Sage looked at Talpa in a thoughtful manner as he finally spoke, "You seem familiar?"
"Of course he does, master Talpa and the rest of us, we're your uncles," Dais replied quickly when he glanced over towards the others and then shrugged.
Kento looked at them quizzically, "Our uncles? Funny, you don't look like us."
"We're your distant uncles, it's a long story and we don't have time to tell it. Maybe another time. Now, let's see about getting the five of you settled in," Talpa replied and then he looked at the Warlords, "Show them to their room."
The four Warlords gave a slight nod and then ushered them to a secluded room that was made up for their convenience. A huge room that had a huge toy chest and a few bunk beds decorated the area. A small bathroom was over in the corner, and a fridge was on the other side of the room.
The four left in a hurry as they shut the door and left the five small Ronins inside.
"I'm relieved that we are away from those brats! I couldn't stand to be with them for more than five minutes," Sekhmet stated when the Warlords walked down the corridors.
"Just play along for now, until master Talpa gets his armors, and then this whole thing will be over," Dais reminded him when they returned to their quarters.
In the toy room, shortly after the Warlords left, a rumbling was heard in the room.
The other four Ronins looked at Kento with funny expressions.
Kento blushed a little when he scratched the back of his head, "Hey, I can't help it. I'm hungry."
Rowen shook his head, "No! I'm hungry!"
"Hey, I was hungry first, so you can't be hungry," Kento exclaimed when he scowled at the blue haired archer.
"I can too," Rowen shouted back as he glared at the orange Ronin.
"Can't!"
"Can too!"
"No way!"
"Yes way to infinity!"
Kento blinked in slight confusion, "Infiny what? You made that up!"
"No I didn't," Rowen shouted back as he stood his ground.
"Don't fight," Cye said when he finally found his voice, "Fighting not nice. Now, make up."
Kento and Rowen looked at each other, and then with a sigh they nodded and apologized to each other.
"Peek a boo," Ryo said as he opened the fridge door. He blinked in awe when he saw what was inside. The Ronin of Wildfire was going to tell them what he found, but decided not to. So with a sly grin he reached inside and took a piece of chocolate cake and mashed it into his mouth. He had chocolate all over his hand and face. Ryo then quickly closed the fridge door. He was about to reach for a fire engine when Sage looked at him as he had his arms crossed.
Ryo looked up towards the blonde Ronin with big saucer type eyes.
"How was the cake," Sage asked as he stood in front of him.
"Cake? What cake," Ryo asked as he tried his best to be innocent.
"You're wearing chocolate on your face and hand," Sage pointed out.
"This, oh, this isn't chocolate, it's…um…it's mud! Yea mud," Ryo replied with a smile.
"Where's the mud? There is no water, no dirt," Sage inquired when he raised his brow towards him.
Ryo scowled at Sage, "Ok, ok, so it's cake, I admit it. You're no fun!"
Sage smirked with satisfaction, "No fun? Oh yea, well we'll see about that," the green Ronin found a bucket and carried it to a sink and filled it. Then he came back.
Ryo looked at him suspiciously, "What do you have in there?"
"You'll find out," Sage replied when he raised the bucket, and water rained upon Ryo's body. When the bucket was empty, Sage threw it to the side. "Now who isn't any fun?"
Ryo blinked in disbelief as the others were surprised by what Sage had done. "I'm wet...You got me wet!"
"Serves you right for eating all of the cake," Sage replied when he crossed his arms.
"There was cake," Kento exclaimed as he looked at them in complete surprise, "No one said anything about cake!"
Ryo looked around at all of his friends with an apologetical look in his eyes, "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to."