Ronin Infantry

Ch 3

"I don't want to be in here any more. No comics, no coloring books, and now no food. I'm bored." Kento stated as he plopped down onto the floor and crossed his arms.

Cye frowned a bit in slight confusion, "Comics? Kento, we can't read yet."

"So, we can still look at pictures." Kento replied as he stuck out his tongue at him.

Rowen closed his eyes as he thought to himself, 'Maybe they can't, but I can. I'm smart.'

Sage looked over towards the blue Ronin, 'If you're smart? Then how do we get out?'

Rowen's eyes shot open as he snapped his attention over towards Sage. "You…You heard my thoughts! You're creepy!"

Sage's eyes went wide and then narrowed, "No! I'm not creepy!"

"Are too!"

"Not, and take that back!"

"Come and make me!"

Ryo, Kento, and Cye turned their attention towards the other two bickering Ronins.

"What are they fighting about?" Cye asked.

Ryo just shrugged, "I dunno…Let's go play."

"Ok, it's not like we have anything better to do." Kento replied as the three of them walked over to the other side of the room.

Rowen and Sage noticed that their three friends were on the other side and not even paying attention to their fight.

"Hey, what were we fighting about again?" Rowen asked.

Sage thought about it for a while and shook his head. "I dunno. Do you want to see what the others are doing?"

"Um, ok." Rowen replied as the two walked over towards them.

"Hey, mind if we play with you?" Sage asked once he and Rowen joined them.

The other three Ronins looked at each other and then shrugged as they made room for them and continued their game.

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In the throne room, the Warlords watched through Talpa's magical mirror as the chibi Ronins played.

"I don't believe this. Those brats are more annoying now than before." Dais growled in annoyance.

"I agree, I prefer them as what they were verses what they are now. Besides, we're Warlords, not baby sitters!" Anubis shot back.

Sekhmet cringed a bit inwardly, "I'd hate to think if they were loose around the castle. Just think what they could get into."

"I'd rather not think about it. Let's just make sure that they stay inside that room until master Talpa has figured out a way to get the armors from them." Cale replied.

The Warlords nodded and then sensed they were being summoned and vanished from the throne room.

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The chibi Ronins got tired of playing and just started chasing each other around. During the chase, one of them tumbled into the wall, and it moved to the side as it revealed a secret passage. The others stopped and stared at the sliding wall.

"Hey Ryo, are you ok?" Rowen asked when they rushed over.

Ryo rubbed the back of his head and then stood up as he dusted himself off. "Yea, I'm ok."

"Guys, check it out!" Cye exclaimed as he was poking his head inside. "There's a tunnel!"

Kento's eyes went wide in excitement, "Cool! Let's go in!"

Sage frowned deeply in thought, "I'm not sure if we should."

"Come on Sage, you're not chicken, are you?" Kento taunted when he glanced over at him.

"No, I'm not a chicken," Sage rebutted.

"Oh yea! I think you are a big, giant chicken!" Kento said with a teasing grin.

Sage stormed over to the opening and then glanced back at the orange Ronin. "I'll show you who's chicken."

The others watched as Sage walked into the secret passage. They hurried over to the entrance to check on him.

"Sage? Are you ok in there? Sage?" Ryo asked, he frowned deeply when he didn't get an answer.

"Way to go Kento, now we have to go in after him." Rowen said as he was about to go inside.

"Hold on, Kento should go in first," Cye suggested when he glanced over at him.

Kento pulled back in surprise, "Me? Why me?"

"You basically dared him to go in there by calling him a chicken that's why." Cye explained.

He sighed, "Fine, I'll go and get him," Kento frowned a bit and then went inside. He walked further into the passage way as he called out for his friend. "Sage…Sage!"

"Any luck Kento?" Cye shouted to him.

"Not yet!" He shouted back while he continued his search. 'Come on man, where are you already?' Kento stopped and frowned deeply when he heard scuffling. He closed his eyes in order to concentrate a bit more on where the sound originated. From behind a hand slowly was reaching out towards the orange Ronin….