Disclaimer: You know the drill, except now we have to mention that we came up with Nathan.

        "It is a pretty nice day," Ryo thought to himself.  He stared at the sky as he watched the sun rise.  Rowen was still asleep, and Cye was in the kitchen making breakfast for Kento and Yuli.  Mia was working on her computer as always, and Sage was out getting some groceries.  "Finally, some peace and quiet."  He looked down at the orb with the kanji of virtue on it.  "Thank God Talpa's gone for good.  Now maybe we can lead 'normal' lives."
        Ryo walked back into the house and entered the kitchen.  The smell of eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles, and oatmeal emitted from it.  He sat down and looked at Kento, who was staring hungrily at the food Cye had prepared.
        "Hey, when are we gonna eat Cye?!"  Kento's stomach growled loudly, and he looked as if he was ready to fall over.
        "Patience is a virtue."  Cye began placing lots of different plates of food in front of Kento.  In fact, most of the food Cye had made was being given to him.
        Suddenly, a bratty little voice came from across the table.  "Hey, Cyyyyeee Where's my breakfast?"  He smiled as Cye went to get him his food, but it quickly turned into a frown when he saw what was placed in front of him.  "What's that... oatmeal!"  He glared angrily up at Cye and turned his gaze to where Kento was devouring his food.  "How come Kento gets that?"  He looked back at Cye.
        Cye grinned at Kento, and then looked at Yuli.  "Well you see, when you start actually helping out around here, then you'll need to eat as much as Kento does."  He placed some pancakes in front of Ryo.  "But for now, Yuli, you'll have to live with what you're getting."  He shot Yuli an annoyed glare, which promptly shut him up as he started to pick at his oatmeal.
        "Thanks for the pancakes, Cye."  Ryo heared a muffled "yeah thanks Cye" come from Kento as he attempted to talk with his mouth full.
        "No problem guys."
        Just then Sage burst through the door, trying to balance eight bags of groceries, and looking very tired.  Whiteblaze was laying in front of him.  He couldn't see around the groceries and fell on them as he tripped over Whiteblaze's tail.  "Stupid tiger.  I hope I didn't crush the eggs."
        "Need some help, Sage?"  Rowen was slowly descending the stairs.  His hair was all messed up and he was still in his pajamas.  It was actually quite rare for Rowen to grace them with his presence that early in the morning.
        Sage smiled.  "You could make sure Kento doesn't eat everything before I even have a chance to get into the kitchen.  Why did I have to get the groceries anyway?"
        "Because you're the responsible one."  Mia had given up on her computer work, and was coming for some breakfast.  "Nice to see you up this early for once, Rowen."
        "Hey, It's not that amazing, ok?"  Rowen was beginning to get miffed so he decided to go into the kitchen.  He looked at the table and began counting the spots left to sit in.  Mia's, Sage's, hmmm... looks like Yuli's gotta go."  He smirked as he walked over to where Yuli sat.  "Hey, Yuli!  The ice cream truck just pulled up outside!  You better hurry!"
        "Oh boy, oh boy!  Ice cream!"  Yuli put his half-finished bowl of oatmeal on the counter and bounded out of the room.
        Rowen laughed hysterically as he sat down in Yuli's spot.  He then received looks from everyone in the room.  Cye was laughing with him, Kento looked confused, and Ryo looked a bit peeved.
        Just then Mia came into the room looking more than a bit peeved.  "Rowen!  Just why would there be an ice cream truck way out here where practically no one lives except us?!"
        "Ummm, but... he was in my way!"  Rowen put on a pleading, puppydog face.  This calmed Mia down considerably.
        "Well, you'll just have to go out there now and explain to him why the road is empty!"  She sat down next to Ryo and took some of Kento's pancakes.
        "Aw... do I have to?"
        "Yes, get going!"  Mia brightened as an idea popped into her head.  "And while your at it, you can take him to Anderson's for some ice cream."
        "But Miiiaaa..."  He trudged out the door, trying to figure out what he was going to say to Yuli.

        "Luna, we've been searching all night!  Are you sure you know where your friend Whiteblaze lives?"
        "Well, uh, not really... but I do know his phone number!"  She ran over to the nearest pay-phone and dialed the number for Mia's house.
        A tired voice with a British accent answered the phone.  "Hello?  Koji residence.  How may I help you?"
        "Ummm... I need to speak to Whiteblaze.  Is he there?"  She looked a little nervous.  As far as she had known, Whiteblaze only lived with his owner Ryo.
        "Yeah, he's around.  One moment please.  Whiteblaze!  It's for you!"  Many confused noises came over the phone line.  Then came the growl of a tiger.  "‹Hello?›" [1]
        "Whiteblaze!  Thank goodness I got a hold of you!  We have an emergency, and you have to give me directions to your house.  Do you think you could?"
        "‹Sure Luna.  Just give me a second to find the map...›"
        Whiteblaze found the map and gave them directions as best a tiger can.  Luna thanked him, hung up the phone, and turned towards Artemis.  "It's kind of far from here, but I think we can get there in about thirty minutes, ok?"
        "Great!  Let's get moving!"  Artemis jumped down off the pay phone and onto the street.  "Don't just sit there Luna!  We've got to warn them, before it's too late!"
        "Coming..."  Luna jumped down and began to run after him.  "I just hope we can get there in time."
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        Yuli stood forlornly on the curb with one hand shielding the sun from his eyes.  "Rowen told me to hurry, I guess I wasn't fast enough."  He sat on the ground and began to cry.

Whiteblaze came out of the bushes and sat beside him.  He began to purr in an attempt to undo what Rowen had done.
        Rowen came running down the driveway.  "Hey, Yuli!"  Whiteblaze shot him an evil glare as he came closer.  "Sorry 'bout that, Yuli.  I guess the ice cream guy didn't know you were coming.  You know how they are..."  He looked down to make sure he was getting a reaction out of Yuli, he wasn't.
        "I'm not stupid, Rowen.  I was just hoping that maybe... maybe someone finally noticed us."  He looked up and met Rowen's gaze.  "I never have anyone to play with 'cept myself and Whiteblaze.
        Whiteblaze saw something coming up the street, and knew immediately who it was.  He jumped away from Yuli and back to the house to get Ryo.
        "Hey, what spooked him?"  Rowen looked up and saw two little cats walking toward them.  "Hey, kitties!"  He bent down and picked up the white one.  It had a yellow moon on it's forehead, as did the other cat.  He held it close and began stroking it's fur.
        "Luna... help me!"
        "Gaaahhh!"  Rowen threw the cat about ten feet.  It landed perfectly balanced on it's feet and shook itself.  "You... you can talk!  Get away, you evil, possessed cat from Hell!"
        "Try to calm yourself."  The black cat walked closer to Rowen and looked him right in the eye.  "My name is Luna, and that is Artemis.  I'll explain why we are here when we get back to the house."  She gestured for Rowen to lead the way.  He did so with an extremely worried look on his face.
        As they entered the house, Whiteblaze came to greet them with the others following.  "‹Hey, Luna.  Welcome Artemis.  What is it you had to inform us of?  Are we in danger?›"
        "Yes, Whiteblaze.  I do have reason to believe that your Ronin Warriors are in grave danger."  Luna saw that everyone was glancing at each other nervously, and quickly added, "But it is only a theory."
        Artemis jumped onto a nearby chair.  "You guys have heard of the Sailor Scouts, haven't you?"  His question was met with nods from most of the people listening.  "Good, then you should know that they disappeared mysteriously from the park yesterday afternoon."
        Rowen grew excited.  "Yeah, I saw that on the news.  Supposedly there was some huge explosion, and then their was absolutely nothing left from it!  I wonder what happened..."
        "Well, according to a... friend of mine who was there, they were taken to the Netherworld, and at this moment are being held captive by Lord Talpa and Queen Beryl."  He looked at everyone.  "You could be next!"
        Kento looked at Artemis angrily.  "Hey, there's no way we'll get downed that easily!  We've been up against Talpa before!"
        Suddenly, an evil laugh was heard from outside.  Artemis looked at Kento.  "Here's your chance to prove it!"
        They all pulled out their orbs and put on their subarmors.  Then they called upon their armors.
        "Armor of Wildfire, dao gi!"
        "Armor of Halo, dao chi!"
        "Armor of Torrent, dao shin!"
        "Armor of Hardrock, dao gin!"
        "Armor of Strata, dao inochi!"
        They ran outside and saw a man floating in the air.  He had light purple skin, orange hair, and yellow eyes.
        "I see you've finally decided to come out.  I am Nathan, and I've been sent to make sure you share the same fate as the Sailor Scouts!"
        "I'd like to see you try!"  Sage lifted his nodatchi above his head and began to gather energy.  "Thunder Bolt Cut!"  A giant bolt of lightening surged forth form the nodatchi.  Nathan suddenly disappeared and the attack hit nothing but air.
        Kento voiced the words that were in everybody's heads.  "Hey, where'd he go?!"
        "This is going to be easier than I thought!"  Nathan started glowing with black light.  He then created a force field around the five Ronin Warriors.
        "No way!  He's got us trapped!  And the shields slowly draining our energy!"  Cye was beginning to panic.
        Rowen notched an arrow, and pointed it towards the top of the shield.  "Don't worry!  I can bust us out of here!"  He began to concentrate, and the arrow glowed with a strange, blue light.  Ryo tried to stop him, but it was too late.  "Arrow Shockwave!"  The arrow flew towards the shield.  To their horror, it bounded back and hit the ground.
        Kento turned to Cye.  "The good news is, the shield will contain the blast.  The bad news... we're in the shield!"
        The explosion spread throughout the shield.  As Nathan watched it, it grew slightly and glowed a dark blue, then it shattered.  The five Ronin Warriors lay scattered on the ground.  "They better still be alive, those idiots, they defeated themselves!"  Nathan laughed as he created a platform of black light and carried them through a portal.  His yellow eyes brightened as he thought of the reward he would receive.
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[1] ‹ › means translated from tiger language.

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