RW2

Chapter 2
Plans Become Clear
By Nat

Ken-Kal the wolf and his imposter Nerissa both stood atop a ledge looking onto the Ninja�s camp. The imposter Nerissa began to laugh. Ken-Kal growled.

�She doesn�t remember anything. That�s good. We can rewrite her memory any way we like,� imposter Nerissa stated with a giggle.

Ken-Kal growled his agreement. �But if the rumors are true about Niana and Nerissa having a brother��

�Oh those stories aren�t true. I asked Lady Nerissa myself when she was under my power. She doesn�t have a brother and she doesn�t have armor. Lady Niana is the only one who has armor,� imposter Nerissa reassured Ken-Kal.

Ken-Kal looked at his imposter. He still had his doubts about everything but she had reassured him so he hadn�t looked into it. He gave a very small growl. There was no reason to. His imposter always did an excellent job. There was no reason to ever doubt. Then why did he now?

Emmy opened her eyes. There was a bright lit shining in her eyes. �One of these days I will find a way to put that sun out,� she muttered as she sat up. She rubbed her head and eyes. Peering around the room she gasped. �Where am I?�

Emmy stood up and looked down at herself. She was wearing a man�s t-shirt. It made her gasp again. Did one of those boys change my clothes? She thought to herself. That�s repulsive. Then she grinned.

Emmy opened the door and walked into the hallway. She had barely taken two steps when someone collided with her. �Ouch,� she said and picked herself up off the ground. She looked up into a pair of big brown puppy dog eyes. �Oh hello�..Kento?�

He nodded. �You remembered!� he exclaimed surprised. Emmy nodded and smiled.

�Well anyways I have just a quick question,� she said. �Where is your restroom?� Kento let out a small giggle and pointed to the door across the hall. Emmy smiled and dashed in there.

After she finished her business, she came into the hallway to find Kento, Sage and Cye waiting for her.

�It�s so good to see you up Emmy,� Sage said. Emmy blushed and smiled.

�Uh�thanks guys. I was wondering, though since I apparently don�t have a place to live, could you guys take me to that orphaned teenagers home downtown?� Emmy questioned.

Cye shook his head. �No. You can live here with us. That way we can ��

Emmy put a hand up. �Don�t even think about saying the words �protect you� okay? I am a big pain in the butt and having me around is not fun. Trust me,� Emmy replied.

The three boys laughed. �But we�ve had fun with you so far. Why not stay and give us a chance. You know summer�s here so we can just have fun all the time,� Kento said.

�Now can I have something to eat? I�m starved!� Emmy exclaimed.

Cye bowed and put his arm out. �Follow me madam,� he said and went downstairs. Emmy watched as Sage and Kento both started after Cye. Emmy quietly followed trying hard to keep a smile on her face.

She was thinking about everything she had left behind in her old dimension and it nearly ruined her appetite. She saw the two other boys, Ryo and Rowan, already seated at the table. She smiled in greeting but felt a horrible pain of loss. Ryo looked so much like her friend Chris.

Emmy sat in between Sage and Cye and quietly ate her food while everyone else talked and laughed. She smiled as Kento and Ryo made a very dirty joke.

�So Emmy why don�t you tell us a little about yourself. Like your full name and background information,� Mia said.

Emmy sighed. �My name is Emiri Maruka, but everyone calls me Emmy. I�m an only child and I�m sixteen years old. I�ll be sixteen next month. Um�.well I don�t know what else to tell,� Emmy said.

�What are you like? What do you enjoy doing? How would you spend a Saturday night?�

Emmy laughed. �Okay. I�m crazy and I really like to talk and if you get me going I may not stop. What do I enjoy doing? Well I like to sneak into concerts and clubs and stuff. My friends and I have fake id�s so we go clubbing sometimes. That�s a blast. They actually think we�re old enough. Anyways, um, what would I do on a Saturday night? If my friends and I aren�t terrorizing some kid we hate from school then probably chillin' at Chris�s or Nat�s house,� Emmy finished.

Everybody looked at her. �You have a fake id?� Rowan asked.

�Um, yeah. But don�t be telling anybody. Chris made those special for us,� Emmy begged.

�Who are all your friends? We�ve heard about Chris and Nat, but are those all of them?� Sage asked. Emmy shook her head.

�Heck no. Oh yeah I don�t swear I only use the slang terms. I would swear but I�ve had too many dead arms from Marissa. She�s another friend,� Emmy explained. �Hey do you guys still have my bag? My scrapbook is in there and I can show all my friends.�

Ryo stood up and went upstairs. He appeared a minute later with Emmy�s bag. She took it, opened it and found a leather bound book that looked more like a photo album.

She opened it up to the first page. On it was the professional picture that had been taken last December. She smiled as she named off everybody. �Chris, Marissa, Me, Nat, Brent, Thom, Gump, Tish, Alec and Halen. These are my friends. We�ve been together since about seventh grade. Actually, Tish and I lived right next door to each other so we�ve been friends since we were in diapers, although she�s way smarter and so much prettier than I. And then Thom and Brent lived by each other so they were friends since pacifiers. Alec, Halen, Nat and Chris all lived in the same neighborhood but they weren�t friends until we all came together in seventh grade. That was probably the second best year of my life. My first year of high school was the best school year so far. We should them seniors what us freshman could do,� Emmy said and giggled. �You guys can look at this if you want. It�s mostly about my friends and me. There�s even some pictures with us at a dance club on my birthday last year.�

All the boys grabbed the notebook out of the girl�s hands and began to look through it. Emmy peeked over to see what page they were on and noticed they were staring at the page where she and her girl friends had all been wearing bikinis and were posing on the beach. She blushed slightly as they stopped on the next page where it had a picture of her first kiss. Chris had asked her on a date and they had ended up kissing goodnight but not without Tish catching it on camera.

�If you haven�t noticed yet, all of us like to carry camera�s around. We decided in eighth grade to do that since we lost so many good moments that should�ve been captured. This is just my recent one. I have my other ones in here. When I was brought here I was going to Nat�s house and we were going to work on another scrapbook. That�s another hobby. I love making scrapbooks and diary�s and photo albums,� Emmy explained. She blushed a little as she realized she was just telling about herself to boys she didn�t know. College boys she didn�t know, who probably hated little high school girls who were crazy like herself. She sighed.

�Whoa these are some good pictures. When were these done?� Sage asked. Emmy glanced over and saw they were talking about the glamour shots.

�Oh those. Um�.December. We all decided to get some very nice looking glamour shots done. That�s Tish you�re looking at now. She was wearing something under that incase you were wondering,� Emmy said cautiously as she watched the guys faces. �And I don�t think she�d really appreciate you drooling all over her picture Kento.� Emmy smiled as the other boys laughed.

�Emmy, tomorrow do you want to go shopping for some clothes?� Mia asked the girl. Emmy turned.

�I would but I don�t have any money. I was asking the boys if they would take me to the homeless teens shelter downtown where I could stay. That way�� Emmy was interrupted by Mia�s soft voice.

�But we don�t mind you staying at all. Actually I was hopping you would stay since you were stuck here. And really I have enough money to support all of us through three lifetimes or more. I can even get you some designer clothes. Now how can you go wrong?� Mia asked the girl. Emmy blushed.

�I�m sorry to be such a bother. Really, I don�t want to cause you the trouble,� Emmy replied. She looked down at her hands.

Mia came over and kneeled by her. �Listen to me. I know this must be really hard. But you think a shelter is going to have as cute as boys as I have living in my house. Seriously?� Mia asked with a hint of a smile. Emmy looked over at her.

Emmy leaned towards Mia�s ear. �But I can�t choose between them. There all too cute and all too kind.�

Mia laughed. �Too make it easier, I already have dibs on Ryo. So you can choose from there.� Emmy looked at Mia.

�Good choice. Thanks for that little tid bit. And I guess I�ll stay, just because you remind me of my mother and my friend Tish,� Emmy said. She looked over at the guys.

�How did you manage this picture Emmy? You are dressed as clowns with professional clowns around you,� Rowan exclaimed amazed.

Emmy smiled. �I told you, I�m pretty good at sneaking into places. I�m not called the queen of chaos for nothing. And anyways, that time I actually did a lot of sweet talking with the security people and Halen did something I have on photo but will never show and the security people let us in. Those clowns there, they actually applied our make up and let us dress up. They even let us walk out during the finale,� Emmy said and then felt a sharp pang of sadness strike her. I�ll never be able to do anything with them again. Never!

Emmy stood up. She slowly made her way to the kitchen door. �First door on the left right?� she asked without turning back. Hopefully her voice hadn�t cracked too much.

�Yes that�s right,� Mia said. Emmy headed upstairs and into her room. She quietly shut the door and went over and sat on her bed. It wasn�t fair. It just wasn�t fair.

She felt a tear roll down her cheek. Quickly she brushed it away. Goodbye guys. Someday I�ll see you again, maybe, she thought before letting her tears overflow onto her pillow.

Lady Anett and Lady Marie watched the Koji mansion. Silently Anett looked at her friend. �She doesn�t know who she is or what�s been happening. We shouldn�t go and talk to her just yet,� she said slowly.

Marie nodded her head. �But we should still watch her because Ken-Kal�s Nerissa is looking for her and she�ll eventually confront her and then we can repay this fake Nerissa for what she�s done. Besides Mic and Nerissa are still alive. Mic is hiding as a Ninja. We just need to get him to come see Niana,� Marie added.

Anett watched the silhouette in the upper window and saw the girl�s head buried in her hands. �You know she always followed her heart and not what anybody said. Nerissa was the same way. It�s just really too bad that she was thrown here and that Nerissa was captured,� Anett said sadly and turned to go. Marie quietly followed.

�You know if she does regain her memory, I doubt she will allow Ken-Kal to remain in power,� Marie thought aloud as they walked.

�That�s only if she regains her memory and right now that�s not looking like a possibility. She still is the carrier of the armor of Chaos. We just need to find a way to get her orb returned to her. Without the Warlords or the Ronin Warriors knowing,� Anett stated.

Marie was thoughtful. �We could find Shadow and have him return it to her,� Marie suggested

Anett was silent for a time as they walked on. �Why would Ken-Kal come to Earth? He doesn�t actually believe he can conquer Earth does he?�

Marie stopped short. �If that�s why he�s here, then the Warlords and Ronin�s need to be alerted so they can fight against him,� Marie said as she resumed walking.

Anett looked over at her companion. �We also will fight. I fight against Ken-Kal and his imposter whenever they try to conquer, even if I am not of��

�I never said we weren�t fighting. I�m sorry if you misinterpreted,� Marie apologized as they continued to walk off into the night.

�You will serve Tulpa. He is the ruler of the Dynasty. Everyone will serve him,� Anubis yelled.

�Oh really. Well if that�s so, then why do the Ninja�s follow me? You will never have the Ninja�s for your own. They follow me and only me. They will never follow anyone else as long as I am alive. Not even my sister,� Emmy screamed towards him.

Where the heck�? She thought to herself. She was in a building, a castle arguing with the Warlords (who?) about the Ninja�s they wanted. She was the leader (What?!) and they would never serve scum like Tulpa. (Tulpa?)

�Then you have sealed your own doom Niana of Chaos. Today is the day the Ninja�s follow Tulpa,� Anubis yelled. Suddenly he was wearing brownish black armor.

�Armor of Chaos!� Emmy/Niana cried out and her own armor appeared on her. It was a dark purple color and she had a staff with a spear ended tips on both ends and two long daggers.

�You are very foolish to come against me Niana. Today you have sealed your fate,� he said and lunged. Emmy/Niana blocked the blow easily and caught him. After a few more minutes of fighting Emmy/Niana had Anubis blocked up against the wall, his weapon lying on the other side of the room. �You will never rule the Ninja�s nobody except me will ever rule them. They have accepted me and only me as their leader.�

At that Anubis brought his hand up and readied it to strike her face. She readied her dagger at his throat. �Today is the day you die, Anubis of Cruelty,� Emmy/Niana said and began to push her dagger against his throat.

A loud *thud* brought Emmy out of her dream. She sat straight up in the bed covered in sweat. What the heck was that about she wondered. I�ve never had such a realistic dream in all my life. It felt like it actually happened. She gazed around the room and her eyes found a clock hanging up on the wall. I sure hope that�s a.m. and not p.m. she thought as she got out of bed.

Stretching gracefully she opened the door and peaked her head out. She searched for the cause of her early awakening. She saw Sage at the end of the hall looking out a window. He had different clothes on than the last time she had seen him. So it is a new day, good thing.

�Hey Sage,� Emmy called coming up to him. �What are you looking at?� she asked as she looked out the window.

Sage looked down at the girl. Unconsciously he smiled. �Oh nothing much. I�m feeling too lazy to go out to my usually meditating place so I�m standing here enjoying the view.�

Emmy looked up at him. �You meditate? On a regular basis?�

Sage nodded. �I try to keep it regular. Sometimes things get in the way,� he said looking at her.

�That�s so cool,� Emmy sighed. She looked out the window and saw a beautiful sunrise. �That is so pretty.�

Sage barely heard what she had said. He was admiring her beautiful profile. Then he mentally smacked himself. She is four years younger than you Halo. Snap out of it.

�Breakfast! Come and get it!� Cye�s voice rang through the house.

�Woohoo!� Kento exclaimed as he came running out of one of the doors in the hallway.

Emmy began to giggle. �Hey Kento wait for me! You�ll eat it all if you don�t wait for everyone else,� She called and ran after him, her nightmare completely forgotten for the moment. Sage walked after her chuckling to himself.

Emmy beat Kento to the table and sat down gloating the whole time. Kento sat down next to her pretending to be sad. �Oh Kento did I hurt your feel goods?� Emmy asked with fake sympathy.

Kento only pouted and turned away. Emmy saw Rowan and Cye watching. She winked and then leaned over and kissed Kento�s cheek. �Now, all better?� she asked.

Kento had a shocked look on his face. He brought a hand up to his cheek.

�No Kento I didn�t leave any blood. I can if you want,� Emmy offered. Kento looked back at her and laughed. Rowan and Cye were already laughing in their chairs. Ryo, Mia and Sage came in and looked at the group.

�Did we�?� Ryo started.

Kento looked up. �Emmy is officially my girlfriend, Ladies and Gentlemen.�

Emmy snorted as her milk almost went down the wrong pipe. �Now listen here you, I wouldn�t take that small peck to that extreme if I were you. I have been known to get very violent at times of sheer frustration. And trust me, I�ve hurt a thirty year old man before,� Emmy said glaring Kento down. �Besides I don�t even know you that well. And I have�well had a boyfriend. I guess I�m single now.�

Ryo, Sage and Mia sat down as everyone began to eat. After breakfast was over the boys stood up and said they had to go or they would be late. Emmy winked at them and said goodbye as they left.

�Emmy, quick question,� Mia started.

Emmy looked over at her and smiled. �What is it?�

�Do you like Sage? I mean when we came in the room you blushed really badly. And I saw you talking to him this morning and you were not as hyped as usual. Although I�m not one to be judging your actions yet, huh?� Mia asked looking the girl straight in the eyes.

Emmy sighed. �Oh, well Sage he�s just�well there are a lot of things that remind me of my very good friend back home. He�s cute, kind, strong but gentle and he�s not all about hey everyone look at me. He seems quite shy actually,� Emmy stated. Mia raised her eyebrows.

�You are very good at reading people. So, you ready to go shopping?� Mia questioned. Emmy�s eyes lit up and she jumped up from the table.

�Give me five minutes and I�ll be ready,� she exclaimed and ran upstairs.