It's me again, Star Phoenix. I have managed to update again. Well, this chapter is longer than the other for a few reasons, reasons that prove my ineptitude with machines. Until next time, enjoy this rocking fic! ( Kento and Amy look at each other) Chapter 2 A Surprise of the Worst Sort Ryo began to turn to leave, hesitating to do so. He wanted to stay, to talk to her. " Wait!" she called. Ryo was instantly still. He turned back around to look into her deep brown eyes. Eyes that drew him in and threatened to drown him. Her voice snapped him back to reality. " I'd like to know the name of my rescuer." she asked shyly. " I'm Ryo, Ryo Sanada." Misty felt light all over as the man looked at her with his brilliant blue eyes. It felt like they were setting her whole body on fire. " Well, Ryo, I, uh, just wanted to say thank you." There was a slight blush on her cheeks " No prob." ' Man oh man, how does Sage manage to talk to girls so well. I always get so tounge tied.' A musical beeping sound cut both of their thoughts. Misty's silver and white wristwatch was beeping its alarm. " Oh no! I'm late!" Misty ran off faster than Ryo could follow. Shrugging his broad shoulders, he continued on his way. He stopped when he saw a silvery glint on the sidewalk. I was a silver locket with a silver chain. A white bird symbol of some sort spread its wings across the front. He picked it up and found an inscription in two languages on the back of it. He recognized one as Japanese. It read: ' To our daughter, Misty. From Mom and Dad.' ' Man, I had better find her and give this back. It's probably important.' As he ran towards the direction Misty had went, the locket popped open and began playing a soft lullaby. ( Once Upon a Decenber from ' Anastasia') The small girl was nowhere to be found. He looked for her everywhere. It was as if she had vanished off the face of the Earth. He shrugged and put the locket around his neck and down his shirt. Hoping he would see the girl again, he continued on his way to his apartment. ******************************************************************************************************** ' Oh God! I am so late!' the black haired girl thought as she ran at breakneck speed up a long driveway. ' Mia asks me to come up here and help her with her pet project, one that she never lets ANYONE help with, mind you, and what do I do? I show up late. I should be honored and be here early, but NOOO, I'm nearly half an hour late!' Misty, while very hot tempered, was also very well controled. She turned her angry energy to giving her an extra burst of speed before she stopped on the porch of Mia's mansion. She checked around for Mia's boyfriend's green car to make sure he wasn't around. That Sage guy was really annoying, although he had an interesting green ki aura. Come to think of it, that handsome man that rescued her back in town had had a fiery aura. Collored auras were very scarce as far as she knew. Most people she had seen had had clear auras, like that little boy Yuli. She walked into the house to find an agitated Mia waiting for her. Mia's moods were unpredictable at best, and it was not a good idea to be around when she in a bad mood. Wincing at the glare she was receiving, Misty went to meet her fate. ******************************************************************************************************** Sai waited patiently at the corner for his three companions to arrive. He, Kento, and their girlfriends Amy an Amanda were planning to double date to a movie. If the other three got there. Just as he was thinking of this, the three in question walked up to him. His girlfriend Amanda was wearing a dark blue skirt with a turquoise short sleeved shirt. He loved that she always wore blue. It somehow went with her bright red hair and aqua blue eyes. She also wore slight healed shoes, making her a little taller than her normal 5'3. Kento's girlfriend Amy was slightly less dressed up. She wore a black spaghetti strap tank top with gold trim. Around her neck was a gold star shaped pendant with the symbol of Earth, a circle quartered by a crossm engraved in the center. Amy had on a pair of dark cut off shorts and her feet were covered in stylish sandals. Even with flat sandals, Amy's height was something to look at. At 5'10 she towered over almost all other women in Japan. Although she never spoke of her ancestry, they all knew that there was no way that she could be Japanese. The four set off to the movies. Kento and Sai arguing about what size popcorn to get and Amy and Amanda arguing about Amy's cooking skills, or rather lack there of. Amy and Amanda stopped short when they heard screams behind them. Standing there was a man in a black uniform. An energy ball was in his left hand as he prepared to throw it into the crowd. Sai and Kento noticed what was going on at this point. They brought out their kanji orbs and prepared to summon their armor. " Armor of the Torrent, Dao Shin!" " Armor of Hardrock, Dao Gi!" The two girls were already well informed about the Ronin Warriors, so were unsurprised to see their boyfriends change into ancient style armor with cherry blossom petals. They inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, the crowd hadn't seen the two Ronin Warriors transform. The two went to attack the man in black. The man only grinned before he threw the energy blast into the air then dissappearing in a burst of black light. " That was so weird." Sai remarked. " Tell me about it, one minute he's here then, poof, he's gone." Kento was apparently agitated that he didn't get to fight. The girls just looked at one another with a worried glance. " Maybe we should go see Mia." Amanda suggested. " It's been a few years since you used your armor and she might know if something could go wrong." " Yeah," Amy jumped in. " Better safe than sorry. You want to be in top condition to pound these guys into the ground." When Kento heard that last line, he was ready to go, and go right at that moment. He practically dragged the other three to his van, then floored the gas all the way to Mia's.