Ronin Infantry

Ch 4

'Sage has to be in here. I didn't see him come out. Wait! What was that?' Kento thought when he heard something behind him. He slowly turned his head back to try and see what's there. He blinked when he didn't see anyone, and then shrugged as he continued his search. As he went further inside, he could have sworn he heard something. He was just about to turn around when he felt someone's hand on his shoulder. His eyes went wide as he jumped and then turned around and ran out of there.

The others blinked when they saw Kento racing out of the tunnel.

"Hey Kento, where's Sage? I thought you went to get him." Rowen asked.

"I did, I was looking for him. But someone snuck up behind me and..." Kento started to say.

"You ran out like a big chicken." Another voice chimed in.

"Hey, take that back!" Kento exclaimed and then his eyes narrowed when he saw who called him a big chicken. "Sage!"

The blond Ronin couldn't help but laugh. "You should have seen yourself Kento. It was funny."

Kento's eyes narrowed, "I'll give you funny!"

"Come on you two, don't fight." Cye told them as he frowned deeply.

Both Ronins looked at each other and then sighed. "Ok Cye, you win."

"Yea, we're not going to fight." Sage replied with a nod.

Rowen couldn't help but stare at the tunnel. His curiosity was getting the best of him. "I think we still should go and see where it leads."

"Sounds good to me, besides we're all bored staying here. But we go together." Ryo suggested.

All five Ronins looked at each other and then gave a nod. What did they have to lose? They didn't know how long they were in the room or when the Warlords would be back. So all five of them entered the tunnel and followed the twists and turns until finally they came upon an opening.

Once they were in the hall they walked around in awe. "Ooh, this is huge!" Kento exclaimed.

Rowen came across a suite of empty armor. "I wonder what's in here." He started to climb it. Once he got the the helmet he stuck his head inside and it started to move.

Sage looked over to the direction of where the weird sound was coming from. His eyes went wide. "Rowen, what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to see if anyone's home." Rowen replied, "Whoa!"

The other four Ronins cringed when the empty armor crashed onto the floor, and then raced over towards him.

"Rowen, are you ok?" Ryo asked in concern.

The blue haired Ronin lifted his head. "Birdies, I see lots, and lots of birdies circling my head."

The other Ronins snickered from the sight of him. The helmet was on Rowen's head turned completely around so the back of it was covering his face. One of his arms was through the neck and traveled through the sleeve.

"Is it night time already?" Rowen asked.

Kento and Cye walked over and got on either side of him as they lifted the helmet off of his head. "Better?"

Rowen blinked and then blushed a bit. "Heh, yea thanks."

Sage and Ryo helped Rowen with the rest of the armor and then helped him to his feet.

"That was loud. Let's get out of here before we get in trouble." Sage suggested.

The five Ronins ran down the hall in order to get as far as they could from the old armor.

"Hey, I'm hungry." Kento said when they were now walking in the hall.

"Actually, me too. We didn't eat yet, well, except Ryo. He had cake." Sage brought up as he glanced over at him.

"Hey! I said I was sorry. Cut me a break!" Ryo exclaimed.

"But where can we find food? We never been here before." Cye asked when he looked around at them.

Kento smirked, "Leave that to me. I can find food anywhere."

Ryo crossed his arms and smirked as well. "No kidding."

"Hey! Be nice or you don't get any." Kento said as he stuck out his tongue at him.

"Ok, I be nice. Sorry." Ryo apologized.

"Ok then," Kento replied with a smirk and then sniffed the air. "Food, this way!"

Kento took the lead and the others followed as fast as their little legs could carry them.