Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Talpa Has A Sister ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

"Talpa Has a Sister!"
By Wildfire

Chapter Eight

Kit's Notebook:
Things have been falling apart ever since Ryo disappeared into the black hole. The guys have been fighting like crazy, and it has gotten even worse over the last week. Sage's chin is still really swollen. (It's been three days!) We're trying to keep ice on it.
Kento is so mad that he's only eating four meals a day! He spends most of his time punching something, or leafing something. Sage is in a mood of "If you talk to me I'll kill you". Rowen is watch Kento like a hawk. Cye is trying to be Mr. Peace Maker, not very well but hey, at least he's trying.

Brittney is staying by Sage's side, trying to keep ice on his chin. Kat keeps trying to revert Rowen's attention to her instead of Kento. Tina is trying to be Miss Peace Maker along with Cye. Chi Chi has been training with Kento just so he is not alone.
As for me I've just really been thinking about HOW STUPID THIS IS!! We now have a new enemy, a cute enemy. But that's beside the point. I just hope Ryo gets back soon, I'm afraid that if he doesn't come back soon then we'll be fighting each other.

"Rowen, back off! Else you want a black eye I suggest you leave me alone! No one put you in charge!" Kento yelled.

Kit put away her notebook and got up to help. When she got there Chi Chi and Kat were already in between them trying to keep them apart.

"You guys, cool it!" Kit yelled. "I recall someone saying not too long ago that fighting will solve NOTHING!" Kit eyed Rowen and Kento. Rowen then turned around and left, but not before giving Kento a "I'm going to kill you" look. Kento watched him leave then walked the other way.

"This is bad, if they don't start getting along soon..." Kat trailed off.

"We just have to keep them apart until Ryo makes it back. Everyone is on the edge right now because no one knows what to do. Expect more fights to break out," Chi Chi said right before walking after Kento.

"She's right, you know," Kit said, looking ahead.

"Yeah, I know, and there's no way to stop it unless we find Ryo," Kat said, watching Rowen read his book.

"Why don't we split up?" Kit asked.

"WHAT! What good would that do?" Kat asked.

"Well, someone could stay here in case he comes back here. Then everyone else could go different ways and then later in the day we could meet back here and see what everyone found," Kit explained.

"That's great but then what if the Dynasty attacked one person, then they would be helpless," Kat pointed out.

"So we'll go in partners. We could go together, Sage and Rowen could be another team, then Kento and Cye could be the last team; the three cousins could be the one that stayed here. It works perfectly," Kit said with ease.

"You know, that might work!"

"Of course all my plans work!" Kit said.

"Let's go and talk to the others about it see if it will really work!" Kat said, pointing to her and smiling.

*****

Ally sat in a room holding her knees to her chest; there were toys and candy all around her, but she refused to touch any of it. Every couple minutes Trots would come in and try to get her to be her friend, but Ally was smarter then that and refused every offer she made.

Trots then walked into the room and sat next to her. "Hello, little one. Have you had fun with all these toys?" Trots asked.

"I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT YOUR STUPID STUFF, I WANNA GO SEE MY SISTERS! NOWWW!" Ally yelled.

"I see, well, you can't, so I suggest you make the best of it here!" Trots then left.
Ally waited a couple seconds after she left then got up and went around the room; she then saw a stuffed animal that looked like a small White Blaze, she then picked it up and gave it a hug. "Don't worry, I'll see you soon, White Blaze," Ally whispered, holding the stuffed animal even closer as she started crying.

*****

White Blaze walked ahead of Ryo, Mariah on White Blaze's back. White Blaze stopped when they came to a fork; he looked at Ryo.

"Hey, don't look at me, you're the one with the nose, SMELL!" Ryo said. White Blaze snorted, then smelled the air. He then went right. Ryo followed behind.

A couple minutes later Ryo stopped. "This is good, boy, we'll stop here for the night." White Blaze just snorted again, then kept on walking. "Hey, I said we'd stop, White Blaze, come back here." Ryo ran after White Blaze, Mariah laughed. When Ryo caught up with White Blaze he stood right in front of him. "I said STOP!" Ryo yelled at the tiger. White Blaze again snorted but stopped. "Thank you!"

Mariah got off White Blaze's back and turned to Ryo. "You know, he was trying to tell you something," Mariah said.

"What?" Ryo asked.

"I dunno, maybe the camp is near, maybe it's right over there," she said, pointing into darkness.

"Well, then if the camp is over there then we'll see it in the morning. Good night." Ryo then started setting up the beds made of leaves.

*****

Everyone was sitting around the fire talking about Kit's plan to find Ryo. They all agreed that it would work. Hours passed; they were about to head to bed when they heard a roar. They all turned around to see White Blaze running up.

"White Blaze!" just about everyone shouted. Then followed by complete chaos.

"Everyone shut up!" Tina yelled. "Okay, White Blaze, where's Ryo and Ally, huh, are they near?"

White Blaze roared again. "Well, where are they, boy?" Chi Chi asked.

"Is Ally all right?" Kat asked. White Blaze put his head down and did a low growl. "What does that mean, KIT, what does that mean!!" Kat asked or yelled.

"I don't know, but I'm sure Ryo will." Kit turned back towards White Blaze. "Where is he?" White Blaze looked at her, then went towards the fire and laid down.

"Okay, I guess that's a negative response," Kento said, watching him. All the girls glared at him; the guys all laughed.

"No, that would mean he's fine and my guess would be that Ryo didn't take the hint that they were almost here, so White Blaze is going to let him sleep tentless, serves him right. Ha, those two," Sage said, laughing.

"Hey, what about that elf thing Derek was talking about, you think she really exists?" Rowen asked.

"Who knows, you never can tell when Warlords are telling the truth or lying. Oh, well, I guess we'll find out tomorrow," Sage said, staring at White Blaze.

"Yeah, White Blaze isn't going anywhere tonight," Cye said, also watching White Blaze, who was asleep.

*****

Ryo awoke with the sun shining in his eyes. He squinted to the light, then got up and looked around, surprised he didn't see White Blaze anywhere, though. He stood up, and searched around and he found what he was looking for, White Blaze's footprints.
Ryo woke Mariah up. "Where's White Blaze?" she asked, looking around.

"I think he decided to go to camp without us; come on, we'll follow his footprints." Mariah stood up and followed Ryo.

*****

"Derek, report!" Trots shouted. Derek appeared, kneeling. "Please explain why Wildfire is about an hour away from joining his friends!! When I got you, you said you wouldn't let me down! But so far you seem no better then Daller!"

"Please forgive me, my mistress, I underestimated the Ronins; it will not happen again," Derek explained.

"It had better not. Now go stop this; destroy the other Ronins but save one of the sisters, I think one of them might help bring around young Flower." Derek then nodded his head and disappeared.

*****

Derek appeared right in front of Kit's and Kat's tent; he then turned to Kento's and Cye's and smiled. He raised his sword above his head it started to glow. "So long, Ronins," he whispered.

Something then knocked him down, followed by a shout. "Kento, Cye, get out of there!" Sage was then knocked from Derek's back. Kento and Cye (plus everyone else) came running out. Sage stood up. "If you did your homework, Warlord, you would've known better than that," Sage said.

"What on Earth do you mean?" Derek asked.

"What he means is if you had known anything about us you would have known Sage and Ryo get up at the ass-crack of dawn!" Rowen said with sleep still in his eyes. Kat smiled.

"It doesn't matter if you're awake or not, I'll destroy you either way!" Derek got in a fighting stance.

"Let's armor up, guys," Rowen said.

Kento frowned, thinking that was what Ryo was supposed to say, but then he looked at White Blaze growling and smiled.

"Armor of the Strata!"

"Armor of the Halo!"

"Armor of the Torrent!"

"Armor of the Hardrock!"

"Armor of the Jungle!"

"Armor of the Forest! Dao Chi!"

"Okay, Warlord, time to die!" Sage shouted; they were about to start fighting when Brittany suddenly gasped. "What?" Sage asked.

"HIM! I just read his mind! And from what I see the only real thing he wants is KIT!"
Everyone gasped. Derek panicked and grabbed Kit before anyone could say a thing. He disappeared, and Kat's eyes nearly popped out of her head as she saw her sister disappear.

It took her a couple seconds but she then started crying hard and saying 'no' over and over again. After a little bit it changed from 'no' to 'come back' and 'please'. Rowen held her clothes, trying to calm her down. Kento punched a tree. Rowen gave him a glare when he did.

"Kento, I'm trying to calm her down! You wanna be a little more quiet PLEASE!" Rowen said in a low but deadly whisper.

Kento was about to say something but Sage stood in the middle and gave him a look that said 'not now'. Kento backed down, and sat down next to White Blaze.

Things stayed quiet for the next forty minutes. But then the quiet time was broken when Ryo came running, holding the hand of the giant elf, the one Derek was talking about.

Kento couldn't believe his eyes when Derek had talked about a giant elf; he never ever thought she might be pretty. She was drop-dead beautiful. I wonder if Ryo already has dibs on her? Kento thought to himself.

Everyone ran up to Ryo as the 'giant elf' hid behind him. Everyone started talking at the same time. Everything Ryo heard went in one ear and out the other.

"Wow, wow, huh? Yeah, what! Sure. What, huh?" Ryo's eyes got bigger as they got louder. "Huh? No! What! Huh! Yeah! No, I mean yes, I mean no, I mean STOPP!!"

Ryo yelled. "Okay, one at a time. You first," he said, pointing to Kento.

"Yeah, who is that, and where is Ally?" Kento asked.

Ryo sighed, he dreaded the second part of that question; he knew how Kit and Kat would react. He was about to answer when he noticed Kit wasn't there. "Where's Kit?" Ryo asked, looking concerned.

"Kit? Kit was taken by Derek," Rowen explained and Kat choked back another sob.
Ryo looked at Kat. This is going to kill her, he thought to himself, but then something hit him. "Who's Derek?" Ryo asked.

"A new Warlord, and from what Britt read in that mind he has the hots for Kit. And let me tell you, he's one of those guys that you just want to kill cause he's so damn good-looking," Kento explained.

"Oh, great, another 'Sage'," Ryo mumbled.

"HEY, I heard that!" Sage yelled. Everyone laughed and even Kat smiled at it.
"WHERE'S ALLY, RYO!" Kat yelled, changing the mood.

"With her sister," Ryo said, looking down.

"NO! How could YOU! I trusted you to take care of her! You bastard!" Kat ran off.
Ryo hang his head down, everyone watched him. Mariah stepped out from behind him. "It was my fault Ally was taken, not his."

"Mariah! That's not true!" Ryo tried to say.

"Yes, it is; you ran after me, if I just would have stayed and let you explain it wouldn't have happened," Mariah went on.

"NO, I should have told you in the first place so you wouldn't have been so surprised!" Ryo threw back.

"Wow, guys, hold it, it doesn't matter whose fault it is. All that matters is how we get both Ally and Kit back!" Sage said, looking them both over.

"Sage's right, we need find a way to get them back and soon. Ryo, Kat's probably going to hate you until we find Ally. I'll try to talk to her, but be prepared. Kay? It's good to have you back though, man," Rowen said, then turned and walked away to go find Kat.

*****

Derek walked into Trots' lair with Kit's limp body under one arm.

"Well, AT LEAST you did ONE thing right! Even though all my hard work to spilt up Ryo from the rest of the group WAS FOR NOTHING!" Trots looked down at Kit's limp body. "Wake her up."

Derek looked at Trots, then at Kit; he slapped Kit right across the face. Kit moaned as she came to. She weakly opened her eyes, then looked around. When she realized where she was, she started screaming and kicking.

Derek let her go, and she stumbled a couple of feet back. She looked at them both. "Where am I!" she asked, looking them both over.

"Relax, Jungle, we only spared your life because we need you to take care of your sister," Trots explained.

"My sister? Kat's here!"

"Not Kat, Flower," Derek corrected her.

"ALLY? Ally's here!"

"Yes; Derek, get her out of here, take her to her sister, see if she can get her to eat anything."

Derek grabbed her and held her over his shoulder and walked off, much to Kit's dismay.

*****

Ryo sat on a rock about a mile away from camp, long enough away that he could be alone without someone walking by and start asking questions, but close enough that if the Dynasty attacked he'd be at camp in five seconds.

Ryo started to think to himself. Why am I so weak! I didn't used to be this weak. What's wrong with me! I'm letting my guard down! Every two seconds! The bathroom! My first fight with Trots! The black hole! Ally! Every single one I could have stopped from happening! I gotta get my head in the game! What's wrong with me?
I'm feeling sorry for myself, that's what's wrong! Of course, every time I got hurt it was because I was feeling sorry for myself! This is my fault! NO! No, that's in the past now, I can't keep feeling sorry for myself! My friends need me! Ryo thought, then said out loud, "Hey what am I still doing here, I've got people to save, demons to destroy!!" Ryo got up and walked towards camp.

*****

Rowen stood beside Kat; they were just a little bit out of camp. "So, are you okay?" Rowen asked her.

"Yeah, I'll be okay as soon as Ryo's not the leader anymore!" Kat said with hate in her eyes.

"Kat..."

"NO, Rowen, you asked me to give him a chance. I DID; he can't do it!"

"Kat, stop! You're not being fair! It wasn't Ryo's fault Kit was taken, and we don't even really know what happened with Ally. You ran off before he could explain, remember!" Rowen said, defending his friend. "Look, Kat, we don't know what happened out there, we weren't there! If you really want to try to get Ryo out of being the leader go ahead, but I'm telling you now that me and the other guys will all stand behind Ryo! And I'm sure that most of the girls will stand behind him too!"

"I don't know, Chi Chi doesn't really like him, remember when we first found them!" Kat started to get angry again but this time it wasn't because of Ryo, it was because of Rowen.

"No, maybe she doesn't, but I do happen to know that she does like Kento A LOT. I also know Kento and Ryo are really good friends. Okay, let's add this up, Kento plus Chi Chi equals Ry as leader. It's that simple. As long as 'us guys' follow Ryo plus just two girls, Ryo stays, sorry," Rowen said calmly.

Kit was about to say something back, but Rowen interrupted. "We should head back to camp." Rowen walked away; Kat followed. When they got back to camp Kat went to talk to Tina. Rowen went to work things out with Kento.

"Hey, Kento, wait up!"

Kento turned around to see Rowen running up. "What do you want?" Kento asked.
"I wanted to talk to you about what happened earlier."

"Forget it, Rowen, we were both on edge about Ryo. Neither of us were thinking clearly, it's cool, forget it, man," Kento said, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"I don't get you!" Rowen said, smiling. "I mean, every time I think I figured you out, you totally change!" They both laughed.

"Hey, what can I say? If I have a problem I get pissy, once it's solved everything I did earlier is over." Kento shrugged his shoulders. They laughed again.

"HEY, WHAT'S EVERYONE SITTING AROUND FOR?" Everyone turned around to see Ryo. "We got people to save."

Kat stood up. "Yeah, we do, so what do you want?" Kat said, glaring at him.
Ryo looked at her, shook his head, then grabbed a stick and kneeled down. "Okay, everyone come over here! Please," Ryo said, drawing a square in the dirt, followed by many rectangles, and other shapes, making a map of the Dynasty.

After Ryo finished the map he looked at everyone around him; they all stood there waiting for him to start. "Okay, here's the thing, remember how I freaked about the 'west'? Okay, well, it's time for me to get over that. Rowen, I want you with me here," he said, pointing to the west side, and made an 'X' in one of the shapes.

"Sage, I want you and Kat here on the north side." Ryo made another 'X' at where he wanted them. "Cye, Kento, you got the south. Girls," he said as he made the 'X' where Cye and Kento would be, then looked at the cousins, "okay, do you guys think you can hold yourselves or do you want me to put each of you with one of us?" he said, indicating the other three groups.

"We can hold our own," Chi Chi said as the other two nodded in agreement.

"Besides, you need someone to take the east," Brittany added in. Ryo smiled.

"Okay, everyone's to search their area well! And work your way to here," Ryo said, pointing to the very middle area. "That's where we'll meet! If you don't show, we'll assume you either found Ally and Kit or that you're in trouble and we'll come after you! So if you don't have either of those properties and you're just taking your sweet time, you know, enjoying the sights, well you're putting everyone behind. Try to be fast, yet make sure you search everywhere!"

"So, when is this 'search' going to start? I need to see how long I have to make up a plan that will really work," Kat said, glaring.

Ryo snapped his head at her, "KAT, I'm tired of this; I, AM, leader of the Ronins, no, maybe not you, but as long as you're staying with us you're part of this team; you will listen to me! So shut your mouth and do what I say. Do I make myself clear?" Ryo tried his hardest not to lose his temper, but if she made another smart comment he'd lose it.

"What are you going to do, hit a female? That would be so like you, WildFLOWER, wait I can't say that, it disses Ally," Kat snarled back.

Ryo's eyes swirled with fire as he lost his temper! "I SUGGEST YOU SHUT UP," Ryo said, grinding his teeth together.

Sage, seeing the anger in his eyes, stepped in. "Hey, Ryo, man, you wanna.."

"No, Sage, Mister WildLIER can take care of himself. Can't you?" Kat said, glaring at him.

Rowen saw right through her. She was trying to make him lose his temper so she'd have something to get him out of being the leader. She had planned this! He just hoped it wouldn't work, because as soon as he lost it no one would be able to stop him. Kat was going to see how strong he was if she didn't shut up.

Ryo closed his eyes for a second, then opened them back up and smiled. "Okay, Kat, you wanna make up your own plan, go for it." Ryo made a movement with his arm. "Have fun, and when you're done we'll have a vote for who has the best plan; if you win then not only will we take your plain but I will step down from being the leader and you can choose who you want to be leader. As long as they agree, of course. Oh, and it has to be done by eight o'clock A.M., can't take too much time on it, ya know."

"Of course; next time I see you, you will no longer be the leader; bye." Kat walked off to her tent.

"Ryo, are you insane?!" Sage yelled.

"Yeah, what if she wins?" Kento added in.

Rowen smiled. "Man! I knew you could be mean, but THAT! HARSH!" Rowen and Ryo laughed.

"Maybe she'll listen next time." Ryo smiled and Rowen laughed, then they walked away. The others just watched.

"Ahh, am I missing something?" Kento shook his head and Sage put a hand on his shoulder. Kento looked at him; he wore the same look he did. Clueless.

"Who knows what goes on in those two's heads?" Cye said, looking at the four girls that were still there. He then turned to Mariah. "Hey, Mariah, we don't know much about you. Wanna talk about who you are?"

*****

Rowen and Ryo sat about a mile away from camp, laughing. "So, you think she'll be up all night or just give up at one o'clock?" Rowen asked, smiling big.

"Oh, Kat's stubborn, I'll give her to TWO!" They both cracked up. "Or maybe she'll make something up, then I can pick away and make it sound horrible."

"Yeah, but be nice." Rowen smiled.

"Yeah, that's right, you like her, don't you, and when I prove her wrong she'll be coming to you."

"Hey, that's right!" Rowen got an evil look on his face. "On second thought, be harsh, be cruel!" They both cracked up. "I have to admit, I thought you were about to lose it up there," Rowen said, poking him.

"Yeah I thought I was going to, too. But I could never hit a girl. No matter how hard I wanted to."

"HA, LIAR!"

Ryo looked at him. "Excuse me, I said I wouldn't hit a girl! Not an IT, I have no problem hitting an it!"

"I've seen you hit a girl, Ryo, a couple times."

"LIAR, I WOULD NEVER! EVER! HIT A FEMALE" Ryo yelled; he couldn't believe Rowen.

"Ryo, what about Kayura?"

Ryo froze. "That was different! She was trying to destroy the world!" Ryo defended himself.

"Ah ah ah!" Rowen did the old move of moving his finger in front of Ryo's face. "She was still a female!"

"I would never hit a normal female! I mean, even you have to admit Kayura wasn't normal!"

"Yeah, maybe, but she was still a female!" Rowen pointed out. "And then there's Trots, and she's a female too!"

"BUT SHE'S FARTHER AWAY THAN KAYURA WAS TO BEING NORMAL!" They both laughed again.

*****

"Have your fun, Wildfire, for it won't last." Trots was watching Ryo and Rowen in her glass. Then it switched over to Kat, who was writing things down on a notebook, crossing them out. "HA! She'll never do it in that short amount of time! I best round up the Warlords. The fight is about to begin." Trots walked out of her throne room.