Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Do You Remember Me? ❯ Little blue bird ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Eh-heh. No, I didn't take that long to get this out...it was all in your imagination. Hehe. Sorry. Lets just say, I'm lazy and tired! Yep. Please enjoy this chapter, and I promise to get working on the next ASAP. Love, Horisonttiny room seemed cavernous to Kento as he stood in the doorway. Everything was as it was all those year past. From the well used star-chart on the wall to the clothes still piled at the end of his bed, now much too small, all looked as if it were waiting for the hands that would never touch it again. For the slightest moment he could have sworn he heard the echos of boyish voices chasing each other around the time capsule room. Kento sighed as he waited for the owner of the other voice to push impatiently past him to get at the book that still lay waiting on the bedside table, page marked with an orange head band that Rowen had swiped from the top of the pile of clothes one day. But even this seeming preserved place in time showed the age; cob webs now decorated the corners while dust dulled the once vibrant colors to a muted grey. There was an emptiness that seeped into his veins and dulled the warmth the memories had brought. Lifting his hands he rested them in the broken groves of the door frame. He could hear Ryo coming down the hall towards him and screwed his eyes shut for the briefest of moments. It was now or never. He hadn't been able to enter this room that day, but now it felt as if the rest of the world was closing in on him and those four walls were his only haven. Ryo stopped behind him and he stepped in, shutting the door behind him.door bounced on the broken frame and danced back and forth on it's hinges behind him, but Kento paid it no mind. An inexplicable relief washed through him now, and he couldn't help feeling more at home than he had anywhere in the longest time. Quickly he began rushing busily around satiating the need to fix the mess that lay about the room, and ignoring the dull regret that left a pang in his heart at changing anything his best friend had last touched. Done, he stood in between the two beds and surveyed his work, cracking his back satisfactorily and grinning. Kento shook his head at himself, grin still in place. What had become of him? The years on his own had taught him to take care of himself, and now he had just willingly cleaned a room Mia had once tired to bribe him to pick up. Life had changed so much.now I've worked up an appetite."voice broke the silence like glass, and he was nearly disappointed when another voice didn't answer.Yeah, just watching you was exhausting."jumped, barely holding back the frightened yelp that threatened to erupt. Spinning around he faced a smugly grinning Ryo with a fuming glare.Very funny Pyro." Thinking better of giving man a one fingered salute Kento turned around and settled himself on his old bed, automatically picking up a toy he had left there years ago and tossing it between his hands. " So, thought you were gonna take a cat nap with your tiger."Was, but I couldn't sleep." Ryo replied, taking a seat gingerly on the sheets of Rowens bed, his hands smoothing the rumpled material with a gentle caress. " I wanted to make sure you were alright too."met blue in fiery gaze that held more concern than anything.Yeah, well I'm fine." The flying toy hit his nose and dropped to the floor. " That's a lie. Ryo, I still miss him like all hell. Do you think it's normal for someone to grieve this long?"imploring gaze pierced Ryos own eyes.When you lose someone your always going to miss them, 'specially when you were as close as we were to him. We were closer than even we knew too. Then again, maybe it's just our guilt."Don't you dare say that!" Kento yelled as he slammed a fist into the head board. " That just cheapens everything."ran a hand through his wild mane of hair, inadvertently knocking Rowens book off its perch with his elbow.I'm sorry Kento, your right. It's just, it's because of us." Ryo stopped suddenly, cocking his head down at the book now spread at his feet. " Kento?"What?" Came the dejected reply, the man lifting his head in worry at the new tone.Did you know Ro kept a diary?"What."left the bed quickly to settle beside Ryo as the other man lifted the fallen book from the floor carefully, handling it like it might just sift to dust should he move wrong. For all he knew, it could.But I though that was just Ro's old science fiction novel." Kento trailed a finger down the spine tenderly.You didn't notice him writing in it?" Ryo scoffed.Well, he, he wrote everywhere.."Kento muttered in defense. " Guess I never considered Ro to be the type to write in one."Yeah, and he kept it well hidden too. And in plain view." Ryo laughed at the worn paperback cover that depicted a star studded space scene, the words 'Diary of Space Case' proudly written in what he could now see was gold ink by a hand as familiar as his own still.Jeez. Was I really that dense Ryo?" Kento asked, reaching for the book as Ryo twisted away to keep it.What do you was?"Hey! Not like you'd kno--" He stopped himself too late.waited anxiously for Ryo to say something, too afraid to open his own mouth again. But Ryo kept flipping through the yellowed pages of the journal like it was precious scrolls. He was afraid the already wide rift had just been torn farther, just when he was hoping it would heal.Hey, this is...this is..."Ryo?" Kento croaked uncertainly.sound of breaking glass startled both of them into standing, both of them dashing out the door and down the stairs.worn little diary, marked with gold writing and swirling stars, was hastily shoved in the back pocket of old blue jeans.powdered snow shifted slightly, slowly revealing the red material underneath, sorely out of place in the soft blanket of white. The snow shifted more as a young man sat up stiffly from the bed on roots and snow, shaking the white crystals out of his auburn hair. Little by little, Cye woke from his frozen dreams and blinked sleepily into the morning sun that shone into his eyes. Confusion replaced the sleep quickly, then turned to worry as his eyes sought out his companion.Sage?" He jumped, his voice coming out much louder in the quiet morning than he expected, startling him and a few resting birds, but no Sage.his feet under him, Cye rose from the frozen ground. He steadfastly ignored the little voice inside him that told him Sage was long gone. Even after eleven years he refused to believe his friend would just abandon him like that.Sage? Where the hell are you?" He groaned out as his muscles protested the position he had lain in for the last couple of hours.let his gaze search the area, even more apprehensive as he realized he had no idea where he was. A sudden rustle of brush in the forest in front of him startled him, and he unconsciously went into a defensive position.Cye called out warily.muffled reply of his name drifted from somewhere up ahead, surprising and relieving him all at once. Yet it was so faint Cye began to wonder if he only imagined it.brush rustled again.Cye crept forward on snow deafened feet towards the path and whatever stood in his way.Hello? Is anyoneAhhh!"a flurry of snow crystals and dried leaves the brush burst toward him in a small explosion. Cye instinctively covered his head with his arms as something darted around him. His muffled cry didn't deter the vaguely fluffy thing from brushing his face and batting hands. Finally the little thing flitted up into the branches above him, perching on a swaying limb and looking back at him. Cye got his first good look at his attacker, and scowled.A bird. A tiny little bird." Cye shook his head as heartbeat returned to normal. " Some warrior I am."bird chirped happily and flew off further into the branches. He could have sworn the thing was laughing at him.bra-ahh!" He ducked as a swift blue blur dove over his head.hurried up the path, batting a last time at the mischievous bird. Maybe he would have better luck finding Sage up the path.