Ryo: Not since yesterday. That was when we were doing the disclaimer to the first chap! And speaking of chapters, Kitty~chan's got the second chap up! Yay!!
Kitty~chan: Ryo, can you do the disclaimer today? I'm watching something. *shoves popcorn in her mouth*
Ryo: What? You get over here and do this! It's YOUR story!!
Kitty~chan: So? Inu-Yasha's on, and I can't miss it!
Sage: Shut up and get over here!!
Kitty~chan: *gets manic look in her eye*
Sage: *nervous* What are you smirking like that for?
Kitty~chan: *holds up a can of Lysol*
Sage: What the-?
Kitty~chan: *sprays it all over his hair*
Sage: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! NOOOO! MY HAIR!!!!!!
Ryo: *sigh* We have to go rescue Sage again. Read story, we see you afterwards, no? Yes okay.
Cye: Oh! And Kitty~chan does not own any of the Ronin Warrior characters. *takes off*
Grave
"Hi, my name is Mia Koji. My friends and I were called about the grave of the child sorceress." Mia explained.
"Ah! So you�re the ones. Well, follow this trail," he said pointing to a gravel path that wound around the graveyard. "The grave is at the end of it. It�s at the top of the hill, and is a fairly large gravestone. Good luck."
The six smiled, and started down the trail.
"Man, how long is this trail?" Kento complained as they trudged forward.
"I don�t know but it has been over two miles." Rowen stated.
"Well, how much farther do you think we have to go?" Sage wondered, yawning a bit.
"No further! There, up ahead! I see it!" Mia said, walking faster.
The others followed suit and picked up the pace and followed her up to the unusually large toumbstone.
"Well, I don�t see anything unusual." Cye said, examining it. The others got down, looking for something out of the ordinary. Ryo stayed on his feet, his blue eyes scanning the area for anything that could pose a threat.
But what caught his eye wasn�t living. A glitter on the ground caused him to turn his eyes downward.
"Hey, what�s this?" Ryo knelt down and began to gently brush away the earth from the article.
"Wow!" Kento exclaimed as Ryo uncovered a rather large amulet of some kind. It was made up mainly of a saphire in the shape of a dewdrop, about the size of Ryo�s index finger. The gem was set in a golden triangle, connected to a gold chain to go around the owners neck.
"Hey! That looks just like the Teardrop Amulet!" Mia exclaimed.
"The what?" Cye wondered.
"The Teardrop Amulet. It�s origins are unknown, but it was said to have the power of change. In other words, the owner could change something or someone into whatever they wanted." Mia answered.
"And I�m guessing that the owner was this Shori Kensuto?" Sage suggested, reading the name on the epitaph.
"Violent child." Muttered Kento.
"No kidding. She became famous because, unfortunately, she was the only one who could control it�s power."
"Why? If she was so evil, why did she get to use it?" Sage asked a bit apalled.
"Well, I don�t think she was always like that. I think she started out good, but then she got cocky after she found the amulet."
"Geez! And she was supposed to have been a kid, right?" Cye guessed, looking back at the amulet that Ryo was holding.
"Mm-hm. She was said to have found the amulet when she was around seven or eight, though, no one knows how."
"Then how did she die?" Rowen asked, turning his midnight blue eyes on her.
"Well, once when she was about ten, she told someone to do something, and they stood up to her. So did a bunch of the other villagers. She got mad and ran off. No one ever saw her again."
"Didn�t her parents look for her?" Ryo asked from his spot in front of the grave stone.
"She had been an orphan since she was five." Mia finished.
Ryo looked back at the amulet in his hands. He could feel power generating from it. The energy was cold and unwelcoming, For some odd reason, Ryo could sense something more in the gem: like a bunch of lost souls. He shook it off as being nuts. But he couldn�t shake off the feeling. What else he felt wasn�t good.
"C�mon. Let�s get back to the main building and show them what they found." Sage suggested. The others nodded in agreement.
They began walking back down the trail, when Mia noticed an absence among them. She stopped and began to look around.
"Mia? What�s wrong?" Kento asked. Then he noticed it too. "Hey, where�s Ryo?" The five looked back to see Ryo still kneeling on the ground with the amulet clutched in his hands.
"What�s wrong with Ryo?" Cye wondered, walking back toward the grave.
"Hey, Ryo, man. C�mon we gotta go. You have the amulet, let�s gooooo!" Kento urged. Ryo didn�t budge.
"Ryo? Ryo? Ryyyyoooo!" Mia cried touching his shoulder.
"Mia." Ryo managed to get out.
"Well, don�t just sit there. Come on!" she pulled at his shirt.
"I�c-c-can�t�move." He slowly muttered.
"What? Why not?"
"I�d-d-don�t�know. I�c-c-can�t�see�e-either. Help."
Mia knelt down and looked at his face. Sure enough, the pupils in his eyes were absent. Only a tiger-blue void stared back at her.
"Guys, something is really wrong here." Mia sqeaked, scanning Ryo�s face again.
"Yeah."
"Well, maybe it�s because of the amulet. Take it away, Mia." He suggested.
Mia wrapped her fingers around the amulet and pulled, hard. She pulled and pulled, but the amulet simply wouldn�t budge from Ryo�s strong hands.
"Kento, you try." She suggested, standing up. Kento nodded, and started toward his leader.
Before the warroir of strength could get there, a blue aura surrounded Wildfire. Ryo�s figure began to fade. It sook Sage a few minutes to figure out what was going on.
"Mia! Grab him! He�s disappearing!" he yelled in panic.
"What?" Mia questioned, but acted immediately. She jumped up, and attached herself to his chest, holding on tightly.
No matter how hard she held on, it didn�t help. Ryo disappeared. Leaving only the amulet he had been holding.
"Ryo!" Mia yelled.
"Ryo!" Cye darted up, and scooped up the amulet. He could feel Ryo�s energy in it. Suddenly, he felt his body stiffen, and his world went black. "Guys!" he muttered as loud as he could, which was only a quiet talk.
"Cye!�OK! This time I�m going too!" Kento yelled. He darted up and touched the saphire. He felt his body freeze, and his vision blurred. Soon, both Ronins were gone.
Rowen and sage stared at the necklace. Not sure what to do next. They looked at each other, and nodded slightly.
Mia watched as the two remaining warriors approached the amulet, touched the gem, and slowly disappeared. She rolled her eyes and muttered, "Those boys are going to be the end of me. But, I guess �If you can�t beat �em, join �em.�" She touched the saphire, and closed her eyes.
Sage: *heard off stage* AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Rowen: Sage? Was that you? What on earth is going on here?! Hmmm... I wonder if those chocolates in the kitchen have any other reason than for us to munch on. Hehehehehehehehe...
Dun dun dunnnnnnnn!!!