Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Ronin Warriors Neo: The Faith Saga ❯ Blue (Da Be Dee) ( Chapter 2 )

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Ronin Warriors Neo
Chapter Two: Blue (Da Be Dee)
Rating: PG

Ryo placed Shinji on his bed and pulled the covers up over him. He stared down at his sleeping grandson tenderly and brushed his hand up against Shinji's cheek before standing to leave the room. Hana's figure stood in the doorway leaning against the doorframe watching the unusual display of tenderness towards his grandson. "What will we do now?" Ryo asked without looking back, sensing her presence.

"I don't know Ryo. I really don't, I never expected them to attack this soon. And it looks like the Warlord wanted us, not Shinji and Megami. I suppose Talpa wants to pay us back for what we did to him before." Hana said and sighed standing up as Ryo approached from the room.

"All four of them. Those new Warlords, they're all girls." Ryo said absently, earning and hard nudge in the ribs from Hana.

"And what does that mean. I believe Megami exhibited today that a girl can fight just as well as a guy. And I believe I exhibited that when we fought as well."

Ryo flashed her a sheepish grin as he rubbed his side where she had elbowed him. Just then they were joined by Megami. The teen stood right outside the door peering around the pair and into Shinji's room. "Sobo, Hashiba-san says he wants to meet with you guys in the living room." Megami said quietly as she continued to peer into Shinji's room.

"All right dear." Hana said quietly as she and Ryo made to leave, as Hana passed her granddaughter she whispered to her "It's all right dear, you can go in a for a few minutes." Megami blushed furiously at that and nodded.

The other four Ronin were sitting in the living room all with rather hard looks on their faces. "You knew, didn't you." Rowen said in an accusing manner.

"Shinji didn't just get your armor orb now did he Ryo?" Sage said seriously.

"And Megami knew the whole story already when you handed over yours, didn't she Hana." Rowen's voice was colder than they'd ever heard it.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Sai's seemed slightly less mad at them. Hana decided he was the one to go for first.

"Yes, we knew." She said simply and turned to face Sai. "We knew he was back. But we didn't know he'd attack so soon."

"We were going to tell you guys. But it came too soon, we never had a chance." Ryo's voice was sincere, he clearly was upset his friends were mad.

"The picnic really was just that. A picnic."

Sai's face softened but Rowen and Sage remained set in their cold stares. "You should have said something when you had to chance today." Rowen's icy blue eyes glared at the pair.

"If you'd said something we could have broke it to Hiroko and the others gentally instead of them seeing first hand what the dynasty can do!" Sage's face was absolutely furious as he said this, he jealously guarded Hiroko.

"I know Sage. You've got to believe we're sorry we didn't tell you. We never thought they'd attack so soon. We thought we had time." Hana walked over to Sage and kneeled down in front of him so she could look in his eyes. "We never meant for this to happen, you have to believe me."

Sage blinked at her, his icy purple eyes gazing back into her own lavender ones. And with a slight smile he nodded his head. "So what do we do now?" He said fairly calm again.

"I'd start with asking them if they've had any weird dreams yet. If they haven't ask your other kids. That's how it happened with Shinji and Megami. I'd guess Kelly and Hiroko would be the ones, they've seen two incidents now." Ryo said with a slight sigh.

The other ronin looked up with confused faces. "Kelly and Hiroko were there when Megami had her vision and came out of the water with the kanjii on her forehead. It could just be random but I wouldn't bet on it." Hana said and looked towards the doorway, as if expecting something.

Suddenly there was a brilliant flash of light above them and tall figure fell, rather hard, to the ground. When the light cleared they could see it to be a redheaded man in monks robes. He grunted and pulled himself into a sitting position. Then quite suddenly he made a fist at the ceiling yelling. "WARN ME NEXT TIME YOU DO THAT!"

All five ronin stared blankly at him, in a bit of shock, for a rather long time. Sai was the first to speak. "Good God! It's Anubis!" Finally everyone else in the room recognized the man. It WAS Anubis. At that he seemed to realize that he wasn't alone.

He blinked back at them. "Oh...when did you get here? Where am I?"

Ryo finally managed to speak. "Your...in the middle of my...living room..."

"Well, that just beats all doesn't it. I'm having a...errr...walk up...where ever it I went when I died, they never did tell me. And then all the sudden I'm falling and here I am with you guys." He grumbled and turned his head upwards again. "Is this your idea of a joke!" He yelled.

"Who's idea of a joke?" Rowen said blankly, still very stunned.

"The ancient. Though I must say he's never brought me back without warning before."

"Your saying this is a normal thing...coming back from the dead that is..." Sai stuttered.

"Yes! Ask those two they've seen it before!" Anubis said pointing at Ryo and Hana. They turned their heads slowly to look at each, then Anubis. And blinked. "The night on the hill!" He cried in exasperation.

A look of understanding dawned on both of their faces at the exact same moment and they both spurted. "OH! I thought you were just a spirit then!"

Sage shook his head at this and Rowen murmured to Sai. "Didn't know they were that close..."

"But besides that Anubis I don't think this was a joke. Talpa's back." Sage finally said after a brief chuckle.

Anubis looked shocked and then sighed and shook his head. "He just doesn't give up, does he. But how do you guys plan on fighting him. Unless I've totally lost it your all like 65 or something. Even though the armors done its age slowing bit theirs no..." But he was cut off by another voice from the door.

"They don't plan on fighting him. I do." At that the ronin and Anubis turned to see Megami standing in the doorway.

Hana sighed and spoke. "Anubis meet my granddaughter, Megami of Starfire. Megami this is Anubis, he's the one from the story." The room went silent as Anubis stared at Megami, who looked rather disheveled standing there in the doorway.

"What? New ones..." Anubis murmured, Megami simply stared. Her eyes near accusing but she knew better. Her Sobo had warned her, she'd taken the risk.

"You should tell the others. One way or another they need some kind of explanation. They need to know what's going on." Megami said with a coldness none had ever heard in her voice. Hana had a sudden flash, Megami, grown, with shorter hair and the same tone of voice. She shook her head slightly to clear it.

"Your right Megami, and we will. But first WE need to figure out what's going on." Ryo said with his 'that's it, no more discussion' tone.

*

Hiroko was curled up on Megami's bed, shaking. Kelly was rocking gently back and forth on the floor whimpering and Akira was simply staring blankly around the room in shock. After what seemed like hours the door creaked open and in came Megami. She seemed calm but he eyes displayed barely contained rage. "Sobo and the others want to see you." She said in a nearly emotionless voice, her body was trembling with the held back fury. The others stared at her for a moment and then, one by one, they got up. Kelly was still trembling when she entered the living room.

Akira finally lost it and yelled. "What the hell happened!?" It was really more of a demand than a question.

All the adults looked at each other and sighed. It was Rowen who spoke finally. "Well, what you saw was real. Although I wish it wasn't." He tried to remain calm and then turned to Anubis. "Isn't there any way to find out who the new bearers are without telling them?"

Anubis looked startled and then thought. "Well, there is one way, but it takes both Starfire and Wildfire armor powers to activate it. And Shinji can't exactly contribute right now..."

He was quickly cut off by Hana. "There's a way to do it even if Shinji's asleep. I've done it before with Ryo. Come one Megami." She grabbed her granddaughters hand and dragged her to Shinji's bedroom.

Once in the room Hana placed Megami's hand on Shinji's forehead. "Now concentrate." She said in earnest. Megami looked unnerved but closed her eyes and concentrated on Shinji. Hana grinned as a red glow came from Shinji's forehead as did a golden one from Megami's as their kanji's broke through. She called out excitedly. "Everyone come in here!"

After a few minutes the entire bunch of them stood in Shinji's room watching Megami, as upon her forehead glowed the kanji 'Ai'. And echoing hers, though not as brightly, glowed a bright red kanji 'Jin'. Anubis quickly explained to them what they must do. All of the Ronin concentrated on their powers as their own kanji came into being. Hana's and Ryo's glowed only faintly because they'd already given away their powers. All the kanji's seemed to concentrate on Shinji and Megami and there was a small flash. Then Hiroko, Akira, and Kelly were all standing there, shocked, as they felt the strange powers course through them. On their forehead there were three separate kanji's, glowing brightly in their respective colors.

"What the hell!" Hiroko cried as she grabbed at her forehead trying to figure out what was going on. At the same time Rowen, Sai, and Sage's kanji had dimmed until they were barely visible.

As their grandparents kanji faded three bright balls of light formed in front of Hiroko, Kelly, and Akira and voice rang in the air around them. "Touch the orbs and all shall become clear." As they stared at the orbs in front of them Megami gave a gasp and fell to the ground, exhausted from the effort of keeping the link alive. Hana rushed to her, breaking the spell.

"Megami!" She cried and gathered her granddaughter into her arms. When Megami had fallen the orbs in front of Hiroko, Kelly, and Akira had vanished. Megami had been supporting the link between all of them mostly by herself, because she feared it would further hurt Shinji. No one had noticed how brightly her kanji had been glowing and how dimly his had.

"I knew we shouldn't have done this with him out like this. But who knew she would take the strain of supporting the link by herself." Anubis said quietly as he gazed at Hana and her grandchild with an odd look in his eyes. He then turned to Rowen, Sai, and Sage. "You'll have to explain it yourselves now."