Ronin Infantry

ch 6

The Warlords heard a loud commotion in the kitchen. They looked at each other and then ran. They skidded to a sudden stop when they saw the catastrophe before them.

"Just wait until I get my hands on those brats!" Anubis swore under his breath as he clenched his fists.

"Get in line. You're not the only one who wants to get them back for causing trouble." Dais replied when he glanced over at him.

"I'm still wondering what master Talpa was thinking when he changed them into the terrors they are now. They're more of a problem in their present state than they were when we fought them before." Sekhmet pointed out as they made their way through the chaos.

"It's just too bad we can't convince Badamon to reverse what master Talpa did." Cale suggested.

"You know as well as the rest of us that won't work. Badamon would be able to see right through us. We might have to have Talpa see for himself the destruction they're bringing onto here himself." Anubis stated with a smirk.

"Only question is, how are we going to get those pests and Talpa into the same room?" Sekhmet inquired when he glanced at him.

"We'll just have to make sure that those runts are in his throne room at the same time. While the rest of us are at a different part of the castle." Anubis replied.

"How are they going to be lured into the throne room?" Cale asked with a raised brow.

Dais smirked, "I have an idea."

The Warlords made their way out of the kitchen and positioned themselves in the rafters of the ceiling so they would have a better view without Talpa or the Ronins knowing they were there.

"Are you sure that this will work Dais?" Cale asked.

"Just be quiet and watch. I'm not known as Warlord of Illusion for nothing." Dais cast his illusion into the throne room.

The Ronins stopped suddenly and looked around in confusion.

"Hey, hear that," Kento asked with a confused look, "Is it music?"

"That's not the only thing. I hear rides." Sage replied when he glanced around at his friends.

"It can't be, can it," Ryo asked, "Come on, let's go see!"

As they ran, the music and the sounds of the rides were getting louder and louder. "A carnival!"

Their eyes went so wide that they almost took up their entire face. They could barely contain their excitement as they raced further on into the throne room.

"Where to start?!" Ryo asked excitedly. He and the others were overwhelmed with all the rides and games that seemed to be in front of them.

"I don't know about you guys. But I'm going to play that!" Kento stated when he saw test your strength. He and Cye ran over towards it.

"That'll be too hard," Cye said when they stood in front of it. "Try something else."

Kento smirked as he shook his head. "No way! This will be easy. I bet I can hit the top. Just watch!"

Cye shrugged as he watched Kento rub his hands together and picked up the mallet. He took a couple of practice swings and then he hit it so hard that it took the bell off. "I told you!"

"You broke it Kento! You broke it!" Cye exclaimed wide eyed.

"Eh, it wasn't that much fun. Let's try something else." Kento replied as he dropped the mallet. When the two of them turned their backs at the test your strength game. The illusion of that one faded, and turned out to be Talpa's throne. The throne was smashed in half and the legs were broken off as the two pieces leaned in on each other. The mallet turned out to be what was once a very thick candle stick holder, except now it was nothing but a wrangled mess.

"Ryo, why don't you go up there?" Sage asked with a smirk as he motioned to a plank that was over a tank.

The dark-haired Ronin raised a brow at him, "What are you up to? Why do you want me to go up there?"

"Let's just call it pay back for not sharing." Sage replied.

"But, I already apologized for that. So, I'm not going up." Ryo shot back as he turned his back on him and crossed his arms.

Sage shrugged, "Ok, then I guess you're chicken."

When Ryo heard those words he whirled around and glared at him. "Take that back!"

"No," Sage said, "I don't have to."

"Oh yea!"

"Yea!"

"Chicken! Brawk!"

"Sage! Cut that out!"

"Then go up there and I'll stop."

Ryo growled, "Fine," then he stormed over to the tank and sat down on the board over it. "Told you I wasn't chicken!"

Sage just smirked and took three balls.

"What are those for?" Ryo asked.

"You'll see," Sage replied, he threw the first ball it missed.

Ryo laughed, "You throw like a girl."

Sage just shook his head and threw the second one, and it barely nicked it.

Ryo grabbed onto the seat as he felt it move, but then he regained his composure. "Heh, ok we're even. I'll come down now."

"Stay there Ryo, I still have one throw left."

Ryo's eyes went wide, "I take it back! You don't throw like a girl! You don't throw like a girl!"

Sage released the third ball and it hit dead center. He watched as Ryo was dunked into the tank. He then casually went over and waited for Ryo to resurface. "Now, we're even."

Ryo spat out the water and glared at him. "Ok, happy now?"

"Yes."

"Good, now help me out of here," Ryo stated as he reached up towards him.

Sage reached down and got a hold of Ryo's hands. He started to pull him out but somehow Ryo's shirt got caught on something from the inside. He looked over to where the others were. "Hey! I need help over here!"

Rowen, Kento and Cye ran over to them. "What's wrong?"

"I can't get Ryo out of there." Sage replied.

Rowen studied the situation, "Ok, Kento and I will go on our hands and knees, Sage and Cye stand on us and pull Ryo out."

"Ok," Sage agreed, and then let go of Ryo.

"SAGE!" Ryo fell back into the water and made a huge splash.

The blonde Ronin winced when he realized what he just did.

Ryo resurfaced again, "Sage, when I get out of here..."

"Ryo, save it for later," Rowen replied when he motioned to Kento get on his hands and knees. Once the two of them were down, Cye and Sage got on their backs and reached in for him. As they were pulling him out the tank was starting to topple over.

"Hurry up, it's going to tip!" Cye exclaimed when they were quickly trying to get him out. When they had him half way the entire tank did tip over and they sprawled on the floor totally drenched. The illusion of the tank was replaced with what was originally there before, one of Badamon's caldrons.

"Aw man! Now we're all wet!" Kento huffed in annoyance.

"My hair," Sage exclaimed, "My beautiful hair."

"Serves you right," Ryo replied when he smirked at him.

"Come on, let's just find something else to do." Cye suggested as he and the others finally were on their feet.

"Yea, let's see if we can find some rides." Kento replied.

The Warlords watched as the chibi Ronins started to look for rides at this imaginary carnival.

"Master Talpa will skin them alive when he sees this." Sekhmet stated as he glanced at the others.

"Then we'll just have to make sure we are not around when he does. Besides, there's no way he'll know it was us that set this up anyway." Dais replied with a smirk.