Ally rolls out of bed the next morning, landing gracefully and in a dignified way, grabbing her katanas, she gets her training outfit on and heads for the beach. With her iPod blasting music she goes through her katas. Nico, Percy, and Tatsuya stare when they arrive at the beach, apparently Ally had actually gotten up early for once. Her katanas just looked like flashes of silver to her observers. Luna had followed along today, " I must say she has good form. Much like a certain fire warrior with red armor. " Luna observes.
Tatsuya looks at the kitten, " Are you talking about the Rekka Yoroi? "
" I am. I wouldn't be surprised if the bearers aren't at camp. Ally told me that she didn't master katanas until Evan taught her. " Luna states.
" Were they a part of the Silver Millennium? " Tatsuya inquires.
Luna sighs, " They were, only Usagi ever took the time to go see them and help them out every so often. She had been supplying power to Rekka no Ryo when the others slew her, which caused the deaths of Rekka, Korin, Kongo, Suiko, and Tenku, as they were all linked up with her at the time. I only know this because she had started supplying the power before she left the Tsukino home. Rekka no Ryo, Sanada Ryo, was a master of the twin katanas, they were like an extension of his body and he had taught Usagi before she became Sailor Moon. "
Nico sighs, " So Ev is Ryo reincarnated? "
" Most likely, yes. Ryo would have seen what was happening to Usagi and would have made a bargain with the Ancient One, the mentor to the armor bearers to be able to help and protect Usagi in her next life. The others are probably at camp as well, Rowen was a master archer, Cye was at home in the water, so he's most likely a Poseidon or Neptune child, or maybe a minor water god's child, or the child of a naiad or nereid, Sage was a continual flirt and vain about his looks so he'd naturally be an Aphrodite child, Kento could be a Hephaestus child or the child of an oread. " Luna answers, she recognized a few of those kata forms, they were forms from the Sanada style, forms that only Ryo Sanada would know and be able to teach.
" Well, this could be a problem, though it would explain why Evan is so protective of Ally. I'll go get him real quick, as I know the Nemesis campers won't rat me out. " Nico says and disappears into a shadow portal.
Camp Half Blood:
Evan Daniels stretches as he cools down from his morning routine and shadow travels back into the Nemesis cabin, needless to say he was surprised to find Nico there, " Got a question for you, the title Rekka no Ryo mean anything to you? "
Evan's eyes widen slightly, " How'd you even… ? "
" Luna. " Nico replies.
" Should've known. I knew Ally was Usagi the moment I saw her. The guys are here as well, Rowen's an Athena child with an Apollo child as a father, so he gets brains and archery. Sage is an Aphrodite child, he got to keep his first name, Cye stays in here, the only non- Nemesis kid actually, though once Percy gets here he'll be able to stay in the Poseidon cabin, he's the son of a Nereid. Kento is a Heph kid with an oread, Kevin Masters. Cye is Aidan Shark, yes that is his father's name. Rowen kept his name as well, only he has the last name Smith, and yes that is his father's last name. Sage has the last name of Valentino. " Evan says.
" Ally's going through twin katana katas right now, I figure Luna would like to talk to you. " Nico says.
Evan sighs at this, he still had the same tiger blue eyes, though his hair wasn't nearly as long, but still black, " All right, it would be nice to see Luna again, as White Blaze hasn't been able to find me yet. "
" Let's go, we're still training and I think Ally would like a sparring partner at her level, I'm good, but even I can tell she has to hold back against me. " Nico says and takes them back to the beach.
Evan grins, " Hey, Luna, seen any Mystical White Tigers lately, I seem to be missing mine? "
Luna blinks, " I thought it was you, when Ally described Evan, as Ryo you did have a tendency to annoy her, but not to the extent of Rei. No, I have not seen that overgrown housecat. "
Ally was still going through her katas and Evan frowns, " Hold up there, Als, form's off a bit. "
Ally pauses, " Damatte, Rekka no Ryo! ( Shut up, Ryo of Wildfire!) "
Evan grins, " Can't do that, Als, that's my family style you're butchering. Gotta have you doing it right. "
Ally sighs and lets him correct her form and then she goes through it for him slowly. " Again, a little faster. " Evan demands and then feels something bump against his leg. He looks down and his tiger blue eyes light up seeing the white tiger cub with brown eyes. He keeps an expert eye on Ally's form and nods his approval.
" Give me a minute, Als. " He kneels down and picks up the cub, his whole body relaxing at the familiar feel. This was definitely White Blaze, and then he sees the collar with the scales symbol, one of his mom's symbols and the name written in Greek and Japanese. He promised that his mom would get a bigger offering for the next week, he had desperately missed White Blaze.
Ally blinks, " Is that White Blaze? "
" Yeah, a gift from mom. " Evan answers.
" Alright, Rekka no Ryo, spar with me. " Ally says as the others start their training. The White Blaze cub sitting with Luna watching his charge and half-sister spar together.
Evan grabs his katanas from subspace, Usagi had taught him how to summon them at will as Ryo, and lets them lay in his hands, savoring the feel of the Wildfire Swords in his hands again. Then the Nemesis sibs begin their spar. Evan had to admit that Ally had learned the Sanada style well, she was actually putting him on the defensive, though that wouldn't last for long. He was the best with katanas for a reason, and he was not about to lose his title to his half-sister, not even if she was the Tsuki no Hime reincarnated.
Meanwhile Tatsuya has the boys working on evasionary tactics again, Nico's training sessions with Hotaru were proving to be beneficial, as he was now able to produce a wall of solid shadows in front of either him or Percy, and that freed Percy up to attack back. Tatsuya finds himself having to dodge, as Percy's sessions with Michiru were vastly improving his stamina and control with water, and he could now redirect at will.
Tatsuya smiled at the fact that the pair were working together, one on defense and the other on offense. He hadn't thought to have Nico work on his shadow control, Ally had, so now Nico had two elements to work with, earth and darkness. Nico was also attempting to shift the sands under the ocean Tatsuya was standing on. Ally's kata was seriously helping both boys in terms of stamina and control. Nico keeps the shadow barriers up and then extends his control and forms shadow whips to strike down the spheres of water coming his way.
Camp Half Blood:
Rowen Smith goes through his archery practice again smirking as he frustrates Annabeth Chase, his half-sister to no end. It annoyed her that he was better at something than her, though if she were to ever find out that he had been and still was the bearer of the Strata Armor then she might be more willing to accept that. Clarisse LaRue, Ares daughter, well, she hated the fact that the few times Annabeth hadn't been in camp for Capture the Flag he had led the Athena team to victory. It didn't help that he could command the archers with ease, and then there was the fact that he had been Ryo's second in command. He could direct a team quite easily and plan a battle as well.
Yeah, Clarisse hated him, well, she hated everyone. " Hey, Ro. "
Rowen launches his next volley of ten arrows, " Sage, what brings the pretty boy blonde my way? "
The blonde Sage Valentino rolls his shoulders, " I had to get away from Drew before I killed her. Zach's about ready to kill her as well. She's an annoying pain in the ass. "
Rowen smirks, " She's your sist'ah, Seiji. "
Sage glares at the still blue haired archer, " Damatte, Tenku no Touma! ( Shut up, Rowen of Strata! ). "
Rowen smiles at this, he could still annoy the hell out of his friends and brothers-in-arms, " Ya know I don' mean any harm by it, Sage. "
" Yeah, I know, book worm. " Sage says.
" So, care ta help me wit' my sword play? " Rowen asks him.
Sage summons his no-datchi and Rowen races to get his sword, he always had a bow and quiver charm on his person, once his mom had recognized his skill in archery and conceded to allow Apollo to give it to him. He also had a cap of invisibility from his mom as well. As the best friends spar each other Luke watches them, Sage was the only other Aphrodite child to take an avid interest in swordsmanship, and to favor a Japanese weapon as well. Evan Daniels favored the twin katanas which was extremely rare, though apparently his paternal grandmother had been of the Sanada ninja Clan and had wanted to pass on her knowledge of the family style, though Evan seemed much more intimately disposed to the twins katanas than three years of training would allow for.
Once Sage has thoroughly thrashed Rowen Luke steps up. Sage smirks and looks at Rowen, " Dono kurai watashi wa kare ga guzen ni kono-jikan kangaete mimashou ka( How long should I let him think he has a chance this time)? "
Rowen thinks about this and then replies, " Nijubun ( twenty minutes). "
Sage nods at this response and the spar begins, when he receives a subtle nod from Rowen to mark the time he ends the spar, " I'll beat you yet, Valentino. Just you wait. " Luke says and wanders off, looking for an Ares camper to beat.
Rowen grins, " Wonder when he'll catch on ta the fact that ya only let 'im come so close before beatin' 'is ass? "
Sage shrugs, " Doesn't matter to me, I just need to find a way to keep Drew away from me. "
" You could always sic the Stoll's or the Demeter twins on 'er. " Rowen suggests.
" Or threaten her with Ally, not even Drew messes with Ally. " Sage says.
" Sure, sic the Tsuki no Hime, Queen of All Things Prank, on Drew again, then again, please do so, it'll shut 'er up fer awhile. " Rowen says.
" Hey, what's happenin' dudes. "
" Kento, go away, I really don't need to deal with you right now. " Sage mutters loud enough for only those two to hear him.
Kevin Masters winces, " Damn, Drew annoyin' you again? "
" Yeah, she is, and Chiron won't let me kill her. " Sage replies.
Kevin groans, Drew was the single most annoying person at camp, she even pissed Clarisse off on a regular basis. You could at least tolerate Clarisse, most of Drew's half sibs couldn't wait to get away from her. The only one that had any control over her was Silena Beauregard, the Aphrodite cabin leader. Poor Cye, now Aidan had permission from Evan, their leader, to stay in the Nemesis cabin, mostly because the Nemesis kids wouldn't steal from him, unlike the Hermes kids, though even the Hermes kids weren't stupid enough to steal from the children of the vengeance goddess.
Zacharias walks over to them, " I just don't understand how you three can be such good friends. "
" Ya oughta see us in battle some time, along wit' Aid and Ev wit' us. We complement each oth'ahs strengths an' weaknesses. " Rowen says.
" Plus, while Kevin annoys the hell out of me, bro, he's a good person to have at your back in a fight. " Sage adds.
Aidan Shark groans as the Ares campers surround him and he leaps over them and dives into the river, the water was the one place where he knew he was safe from harm and they knew it too. Being the son of a Nereid did have its advantages, this being one of them. How he wished he had sought out Kevin immediately upon waking up this morning, then he wouldn't have gotten into this mess in the first place. The auburn haired trust warrior dives down deep and keeps himself under, not even Clarisse's spear had the range to reach him here.
Aidan smiles, even as Cye Mouri he had always felt at home in the water, and for the most part had never wanted to leave the water. He'd felt everything Usagi had and all the guys had felt the need to be close enough to her to protect her in her next life. They'd failed to keep the Tsuki no Hime safe twice, even though it wasn't their duty, they'd still felt the need to protect her. Hey, water-boy, your adorin' fans are gone, come on up.
On my way, Rowen. Aidan replies, they all liked the fact that they still had the telepathic link that the armors had supplied them with. He leaps out of the water and lands in front of Kevin.
Kevin grins, " Man, you will never change, will ya? "
" Don't intend to, no. Now, what is it you all wanted? " Aidan asks.
" Evan isn't here. " Sage says.
" Probably with Ally, you know how he gets with her. " Aidan says.
" Yeah, we kinda figured dat, we wanted ta go over some team maneuvers without our fearless leader around. " Rowen admits.
Aidan grins, " For the times when said fearless leader gets himself in over his head and we need to save his ass, right? "
" Of course. " Sage states.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, Sailor Moon, or Ronin Warriors. I also do not own Tatsuya, Amelia, the Demeter twins, Zach, or Josh, they are all the brain children of Illusionist Owl, whom has graciously allowed me to borrow them.
