Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Ronin Warriors: Illusionary War ❯ The Mysterious Houseguest ( Chapter 2 )

*"Phantom Express to Sun Empress, do you read?  Come in Sun Empress!"  Enzeru repeated over and over again.

It had happened so suddenly, the team had very little time to react before the ship was dragged into some sort of portal and instantly vanished.  They had hoped the ship had not completely disappeared, but now it was looking like that was the case.

"What do we do now ma'am?"  came the question from her unit.
"Head back to Osaki's and figure out what went on."  she explained.

Elsewhere, on a beach somewhere, the trio of Megumi, Suiren, and Yoko were sunning away, soon after beating up on what everyone seemed to agree, Link from Legend of Zelda.  Even Makoto, the Priest of Amaterasu, Shougo, Ayako's stupid brother who was dating Yoko's friend Megumi, thought it was quite weird. As did Sage, who had come along not to keep Suiren company, but to hit on every girl in the immediate area.  They were unawares of what had happened a short while ago until Suiren's cell phone went of.  She sat up, stretched her arms and picked up.

*"Hello?"  she asked.
*"Suiren, you and the others should head to the palace.  I have some bad news."  Amaterasu explained.

Within a a matter of minutes, the Ronin, Warlords, and Seishi had found their way up to the palace where Amaterasu proceeded to fill the team in on the situation.

"What is it Mom?"  Suiren asked.
"After the disturbances first hit, Ayame, Sakura, and Kinjiro went into space to investigate.  After accidentally tampering with something on it, they got sucked into a portal and we have no idea where they ended up.  I used some of my power to redirect them away from oblivion, but did not have enough time to specify a output point, so they could be anywhere."

"This is a bad thing why?" Yuri asked.
"In addition to Kinjiro, Sakura and Ayame, Toshihiko and Kazuhiko were along for firepower.  However, they had brought along Ayako and Naru for the ride."  Amaterasu explained.
"You allowed them to go along?  What were you thinking?"  Anubis shouted.
"If you must blame someone, you can blame Ayame and Sakura when they get back, if they get back.  They decided to bring them as anime and video game tour guides."
"So what are supposed to do?"  Rowen asked.
"At the moment, there is nothing.  But we still don't know where those portals are opening from, or who is opening them.   Head back to the house, and I will inform you if anything else happens."

Later...

"So, how did it go?" Mia asked as the group returned to the mansion.
"Bad.  Very bad.  Portals are being opened to Earth, but we don't know where they're originating.  The ship we sent up to investigate disappeared, but don't know where it ended up.  So we're still at square one.  I don't know how things could get any worse around here!"  Anubis explained.
"And worse!  My girlfriend's missing again!"  Ryo shouted as if his issue was more important.
"Then maybe this will put you in a better mood.  I rented out one of the rooms in the mansion."
"YOU WHAT?"  Anubis exclaimed.
"Correction.  They just got worse."  Dais said.
"This could be interesting."  Sekhmet answered.
"Do you have any idea how dangerous this is Mia?  They'll be sharing the house with US!"  Kale protested.
"All I hope is that you rented it out to some cute girl!"  Sage chimed.
"I hope this new houseguest doesn't eat all MY food." Kento added.
"Great.  Another mouth to feed."  Sai added.
"How the hell does this help my situation?"  Ryo shot in, oblivious to the new circumstances.
"That's great Mia.  So when does the mystery guest arrive?"  Rowen asked.
"Oh, I talked to him a few minutes before you guys got back.  He'll be here in an hour."
"HE???"  Sage exclaimed, angry that he would not get some new cute girl to flirt with.
"Yes, he.  I'm not going to subject any girl to living with the nine of you, especially when they pay rent and YOU DON'T!"  Mia snapped.
"Did you say an hour?"  Anubis asked.
"Yes, an hour."  Mia replied, not knowing where this was going.
"Dais, go turn off the motion sensors.  Sekhmet, shut off the laser cannons.  Kale, go dig up the land mines, I'll take care of the missile launchers and everything else."
"Anubis, what are you guys talking about?"  Rowen asked.
"Well, with the Forgotten Souls on the Isle of Mists, the mansion's been left unguarded so we had to take certain precautions  to secure the mansion.  We have no time to loose."

An hour later...

"Good, I think we took care of everything."  Anubis replied.
"Yeah!  All the land mines are disarmed!"  Kale said, covered in gunpowder with various scars.
"The motion sensors are off."  Dais answered.
"Same for the lasers."  Sekhmet reported.
"Good.  But it seems as if we forgot something."
"KALE!  How dare you track gunpowder into the house!  He'll be here any minute now!"  she answered, polishing him to the point where they needed sunglasses as she hurriedly headed off to clean the REST of the house.

Just then the doorbell rang.

"Oh he's here finally!"  Mia shouted.
"TAKE COVER!!!!"  Anubis and the other Warlords shouted as they dove for cover behind the couch, finally remembering what they did not disarm.

Mia opened the door to find a six foot tall man with long red hair tied in the back, a Ralph Lauren button down collared shirt with the two top buttons undone, and a white t-shirt with a Black Sports coat and silver chain around his neck.  He wore black khaki pants with a pair of black Converse sneakers.

"Hello, I'm here about the room?"  he asked.
"Oh, please come in!"  Mia shouted, inviting the guy into the house as he brought various bags inside.

"This is Ryo, Rowen, Sage, Sai, and Kento.  Guys, this is Mr. Fawkes."  Mia explained.
"Excuse me, but what are those four doing behind the couch?"  Mr. Fawkes asked, pointing to Anubis and the others taking cover.

"They're...um practicing for an earthquake drill!"  Rowen said quickly.

Like comics at an improv show, Anubis and the others sprung into action.

"Yes, yes, that was very good!"  Anubis said as the four got to their feet.  "But Kale, you have to dive at a better angle!  And Dais, you call that taking cover?  We're going to rehearse this until we get it right!"  Anubis shouted.
"May I see the room?"  Mr. Fawkes asked.
"Oh of course!  Follow me."

The group headed upstairs to the top floor, as Mia pulled down a stepladder leading to the extremely spacious attic, which had been turned into the ultimate living suite.

"This is it."  Mia explained.
"Not bad."  Mr. Fawkes replied.
"Not bad?  She gave you the best room in the house!"  Kento shouted.
"HOW DARE SHE!!!! WE WERE PLANNING TO USE THE ROOM AS A STAGING AREA!!!!"  Anubis whispered loudly to the Ronins.
"Well, with the cost of room and board, utilities and so on, the total cost comes to..."  Mia explained.
"Will this cover it?"  Mr. Fawkes asked, producing a diamond.  Mia's eyes bulged out as Rowen grabbed the gem and came back a few minutes later that it was real.
"More than cover it."  Mia explained.
"Good."  Mr. Fawkes replied.

The next day, just before dinner, Anubis and the Warlords called the Ronin up to his room.  This was very important..at least, Anubis and the Warlords thought so.

"Now, as you may or may not know, I've called you all here to discuss our new tenant, and furthermore, why he needs to leave!"  Anubis began.
"Why do you want Suzaki to leave?"  Rowen asked.
"We're not talking about anyone by that name, we're talking about Mr. Fawkes!"  Anubis shouted.
"That's his first name.  Remember, he said we could call him that last night." Rowen explained.
"I refuse to use the given name of anyone who waltzes in and derails our gravy train!"  Anubis protested.
"Come on Anubis, he's not that bad.  He has this cool sword that he said I could keep and give to Sakura when she gets back.  She'll really get a kick out of it, so much, that she'll probably make me a man."  Ryo explained.
"Please tell me that Ryo's the only one he's won over, and the rest of you think he has to go?!"  Anubis asked again.
"Actually, he gave me this really intriguing detective novel."  Rowen added.
"He gave me this data organizer/black book with passcode feature."  Sage said proudly.
"He gave me a new punching bag!"  Kento added.
"I was worried that I'd have another mouth to feed, but it turns out he's a good cook, and he even bought me a new set of kitchen utensils!"  Sai finished.
"I cannot believe you have all been sucked over to the dark side by means of material possessions!"  Anubis shouted angrily.
"Since when have you bought or given us anything Anubis?"  the five said together.

"Guys!  Suzaki and I are back from our walk.  Dinner's going to be ready in a half hour!
"I'm coming to help!"  Sai said.

A half an hour later, the warriors besides Sai headed downstairs to eat.

"WOW!!!!  This is excellent!"  Sekhmet exclaimed.
"This is much better than when Mia cooks!"  Kale said, before getting whacked in the head.
"Sai, you've really outdone yourself this time!"  Dais complimented.
"I have to agree!"  Anubis said.
"Well, actually, I didn't do too much. Suzaki did most of the work, I just helped."

Anubis immediately tried to gag himself to get rid of the gastronomically good  but ethically bad food he had just eaten, while the others chanted for dessert.

"HOW DARE YOU ALL BETRAY ME!!!!"  Anubis shouted.

"All right, all right.  Here's the dessert.  It's a delicacy from my homeland.  I had to extrapolate and substitute a little, but it should still be good."
"So, where are you from exactly?"  Kento asked.

Before Mr. Fawkes could answer, Anubis abruptly and angrily cut him off.

"I CHALLENGE YOU... TO A DUEL!!!!!!!!!!"  Anubis declared in a voice that at the same time said he was down to his last option, and at the same time, said that he had been looking forward to doing this for quite some time.
"Anubis!  How could you be so rude to our guest?  Especially after this nice dress he bought me!"  Mia replied.
"I cannot believe you fools have all fallen under his spell!  Enough is enough.  If I win, he has to leave.  If he wins, he can stay!"  Anubis shouted.
"Suzaki, you really don't have to do this."  Rowen said.
"Yeah, Anubis is a real wuss anyhow."  Kale shot in, as Anubis whacked him in the head.
"No, it's all right.  If this is what it will take to win the approval of all my housemates, than I have no other choice."  Mr. Fawkes replied, turning to Anubis.  "Name your terms."

"As I said, if I win, you have to leave!"  Anubis shouted.
"Very well.  But if I win, not only do I get to stay, but you must be Mia's personal servant for a week."
"FINE!"  Anubis shot back.  "I accept!"

Everyone headed out back as Anubis and Mr. Fawkes squared off and took fighting stances.

"We'll start when the sun starts to disappear beyond the horizon!"  Anubis declared.

Mr. Fawkes nodded as Anubis took a fighting stance.  Meanwhile, Mr. Fawkes stood there with his hands in his pockets.  As the sun started to disappear, Anubis charged him like a bat out of hell, swinging with attack after attack, out of his pocket came Mr. Fawkes' hand as he dodged or blocked all of Anubis' advances. Anubis reached back and swung with a power punch, hitting only air as the punch went through an afterimage of Mr. Fawkes, and before he could figure out what happened he felt the wind knocked clear out of him as he fell to the ground gasping for air.

"He can stay..."  Anubis said, completely out of breath as the Warlords carried their former leader into the house.

"I'm sorry about all this."  Mr. Fawkes answered.
"It's all right Suzaki, Anubis had it coming for a long time.  Don't you worry, I'll keep him busy."  Mia said with a reassuring yet devious smile.

Meanwhile, up in the Heavens...

Yuri, Ran, Suiren, and Yoko were watching TV when Navcase walked in.

"Sorry I'm late.  I had to attend to Yuriko's needs."
"What was it this time?"  Yuri asked.
"To be reassured that she wasn't fat, I still loved her, and she was still beautiful.  Then she made a list of food she might have a craving for later."

Everyone except Suiren and Yoko sweatdropped.

"So, how much did I miss?"  Navcase asked.
"Everything.  It's all over."  Yuri stated.

Navcase's eyes widened in shock.

"Yeah, I went to go make some popcorn and when I came back in Yuri said it was all over."  Ran added.
"What did this guy do, hit Anubis with a Kamahameha?"  Navcase asked with a voice that actually believed that something as bizarre as that scenario had occurred to take Anubis down.
"No, just his fist.  And to make matters worse, Anubis had more openings than a 7-11 on him and got shut down."  Yuri explained.
"This can't be!"  Navcase replied in disbelief.
"Hey, we taped it, so if you don't believe us you can watch it and see for yourself.  Just wait until Suiren and Yoko snap out of it."  Yuri said.
"What do you mean?"  Navcase asked, looking at the two girls and then at the freeze frame of a head shot of Mr. Fawkes and replied, "Never mind."

Meanwhile, Amaterasu was also staring at her screen, looking at this unusual man who had simply walked in and taken one of her best Seishi without breaking a sweat.

"Who are you...Suzaki Fawkes?"  Amaterasu said softly to herself.

Next Episode:

(Navcase can barely speak over Suiren's and Yoko's screams)

NAVCASE:  Well, due to Amaterasu's worries, I head down to size this new person up, Suiren and Yoko tag along.

SUIREN AND YOKO:  We get to meet the new BISHIE!!!!"

NAVCASE(sweatdrops):  Who is this mysterious person, and why does his look send chills down my spine?

SUIREN AND YOKO:  WE DON'T CARE, HE'S TOO GORGEOUS!!!!

NAVCASE:  Next Episode of Ronin Warriors, Illusionary War:  Growing Pains.  See you soon.

(Suiren and Yoko continue to scream)

NAVCASE:  Very soon.