#Cye of Torrent

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Sicktember Day 2 - Too Much of a Good Thing/Overindulgence

Here is day 2. Everyone is in it. POTS universe. Cye's birthday. Just yes. Feel good, sick fic that goes on way too long but I love it so much.

Too Much of a Good Thing/Overindulgence

"What do you mean Cye can't come to dinner? We have a giant birthday bash for him! We've had it kinda planned and all that." Kento's voice was heard over the phone.

Sage winced at the volume of other's voice as he quickly made his way into the small kitchen of Cye's apartment, "Quiet hard head. I warned you and Ryo, so did Mia, that wearing Cye out and taking him to the aquarium would leave him in bed for a few days. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is."

"Yeah but… it's his actual birthday… man this is messed up."

"It's why I wanted to hold off and do one or the other."

"Sage, is there anything we can do?" This time it was Ryo.

The blonde sighed backing up to see if there was any movement in the bedroom down the hallway, "At this very moment, no. He just needs to rest. Look, IF he feels better tonight maybe you can bring take out. I don't know how he's going to be feeling but I'll let you know." He hung up and sat the phone on the counter before opening up the refrigerator door.

Kento and Ryo weren't the only ones who planned for Cye's birthday. There was a cake that he had made himself with Rowen's help sitting on the shelf waiting to be eaten. He was proud of the orca made of icing that he had made.

He shuts the door shaking his head. No time to think on that now. He turns his attention on to more important things… electroyltes and salt.

*~*

"….who was on the phone?"

Rowen startled a bit at hearing the heavily accented voice from his side. He lowered his arm and then the blanket, "You awake?"

"..I guess…. Who was it?"

"Do you remember where you are?" The other countered closing his book. He sat up more and turned to face the smaller figure under the blankets.

"My bed..?" Cye's eyes were only partially opened and glazed over. His hand dropped onto one of the new orca plushie's he'd gotten and he weakly ran his hand over the fur confused. His eyes widened slightly, "….the aquarium.."

"There ya go. Yeah Kento took you to the aquarium for your birthday. You ran off and we had to keep up. It was almost impressive." Rowen explains relieved the other was at least a little conscious. "You over did it though and crashed once we got home."

"did I at least make it to bed?"

"Nah, ya fainted in the shower."

The other groaned embarrassed pulling the blankets up over his face.  He feels hands go over his and the blankets are lowered down. He feels a quick kiss on his lips before the feeling goes away. His cheeks flush red as he turns on his side.

"I think it was Kento on the phone." Rowen smirked patting the other warrior's side knowing he'd worked him up a bit. "And don't be embarrassed, I was there with ya. You wanted to take a bath but I knew you couldn't do it by yourself."

"Rowen, you're not helping at all."

"Aw, I thought I was a good boy friend."

"ROWEN!"

"I was clothed, I'll have you know. What kind of person do you take me for?"

Cye finally lowered the pillow and glared at him, "Someone who can't keep his hands to himself."

"Would you two quit. You're going to make him faint again. We need to help him relax not wind him up." Sage entered the room carrying a small tray with snacks and drinks. He elbowed Rowen hard as he sat down on the bed.

"What did Kento want?" Cye finally asked as he was helped into a sitting position. Though he was still "mad" at Rowen, he curled up against him to stay up right.

"Well… he and Ryo want to give you a birthday dinner. I told them I wasn't sure because of how you're doing today." The blonde explained holding out the electrolyte drink that had a straw in it for the younger warrior to drink out of.

He waits patiently for Rowen to take it and hold it properly. He was relieved to see Cye getting some of it down. Earlier liquids and solids were a no go.

Cye glanced over at the clock on his nightstand and saw the date. It was his actual birthday. "I-I'm flattered but…I-I just don't…" Tears burned in his eyes as he lowered his gaze.

The other two saw them and shared a glance. "Hey buddy, it's ok. Birthdays can go over several days… if Sage hadn't been in New York, Ryo's birthday was going to be a week. Remember? You had made reservations at the hot spring and other places?"

Sage reached out and quietly placed his hand on the others head. He knew why.

Cye was upset not because he couldn't go but that he hadn't even thought of going out.

"If you want it to be, it's just another day.. It can be your birthday whenever you're ready." He reassured speaking softly. "I'll shut Kento up with a phone call and we can move on. If you'd still like to celebrate and think you can, then we will come up with something. But don't force yourself. We're your friends, we'll do what you need to do."

*~*

"Kento, I'm not sure this is a good idea.. Shouldn't we at least call and let them know we're on our way?" Ryo asked trying to keep up with the other as they rushed to catch the next train heading towards Cye's apartment.

"If we did we'd just be talked out of it." Kento lifted his arm, the bento box raising with it not getting hit. "My bestest buddy is going to get his birthday… and if he can't go out, we can go to him."

The train came to a stop and the heavy set warrior climbed on, their leader right behind. The door slid shut leaving the two of them to find a seat. It was surprisingly quiet but then it was 8pm.

Ryo sat down in one of the free chairs and started to offer to take the bento box and set it down between his legs but stopped when he realized his friend would kill anyone who got close.

He didn't know much of the plan.

He had decided to sleep at Kento's Family Restaurant for the night before making the trek back to Mia's house expecting a few hours of rest before hitting the road again. However, he got exactly 12.3 minutes of sleep before he was shaken awake by Kento telling him to get his shoes on and get moving.

He looked down at the two gift bags at his feet sighing. He didn’t even know what was in these. He just prayed it was something quiet and not something that Rowen and Sage would kill them for.

Ryo glanced back up at saw Kento staring blankly out the window. He didn't have the heart to try and talk his friend out of whatever this was. He was just worried it wasn't going to help.

Kento was loud and his big personality could be pushy. Cye used to be able to take it but even then he'd watched the other two (even he had made a comment or two) get on the bearer of Hardrock to be gentle and not beat the crap out of the younger warrior.. And that was before now.

Now it was all different.

Before the POTS, Ryo had never seen Kento stumble over his best friend. Anything Cye needed or wanted, Kento was there to deliver. Even if his way caused a slight detour, random explosion, and/or broken things in the process.. It was still complete.

Now Kento was having to be more careful, be more quiet, more gentle.. None of this was within his personality.

*~*

"Ok, so in a bit, I'll call the guys and tell them we can hang out tomorrow night." Rowen reassures Cye as he gets him settled on the couch laying the heated blanket over the smaller lap. "And you get me for your birthday."

"Each day that passes I feel more and more like the third wheel." Sage said only half mocking. He rolled his eyes getting a snicker from Cye.

"He keeps acting like this is a gift." Cye jokes giving a tired smile.

"For that I'm sitting beside Sage."

"Sage doesn't want you either." The blonde retorted pushing the other off his chair. "Go. Shoo."

Rowen starts to pick Cye up and move him to the side when a knock on the door is heard. He stops and glances back at the other two. "…Sayako or Mia?"

"If it's Sayako you better pray she didn't see you hovering over me like this… she smacked Kento with her purse last time he was caught with hands on me."

"She won't smack her brother's favorite care taker."

"Don't be so sure- Say hang on!" Cye called as best he could, his voice broke as he did. He was tired. He tried to push Rowen off knowing there was a difference in what he was doing currently vs normal.

"Probably Mia. She offered to pick up the antinausea, remember?" Sage gets to his feet to go answer.

The knock came again but it was heavier than how either of other two would knock. Cye got up slowly wanting to know himself. He prayed it wasn't the land lady. He'd been so sick he hadn't explained any of this to her.

"Cye, I've got it." The blonde reached out and pulled the heavy door back to his surprise Cye bent down underneath him to look out before he could.

A pop and then confetti went shooting in the air.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

The popper going off startled Cye enough that he was wavering unsteadily, his heart beating in his ears.

It took Sage two seconds too long to come back to his senses. He reaches down and steady's Cye worried he was going to faint. Worry turned to anger as he saw Kento hovering in their faces excited.

"Rowen - help Cye inside. He-" Eyes widened as the youngest warrior passed out on them. He caught him leaning on the door frame. "ROWEN."

"I'm here, I got him… what the hell was that?" Rowen asked gathering Cye into his arms. He was gentle with the limp body hoping he'd come back quickly.

"Kento. I'm killing him." Sage stepped outside ready to smack the bearer of Hardrock upside the head but was surprised to see Ryo standing there. "Ryo… you allowed this..?"

"Yeah man, it's a happy birthday surprise!" Kento grins happily. "Since you missed the popper's on Ryo's birthday, figured I'd shoot off the last so you could see them."

"Rock head, I thought you knew that if you startled Cye too bad, he'd faint."

"Well yeah but I planned for that…well sorta. See the plan was for you to answer the door because my lil buddy never answers.. Except for tonight.. And yeah.. I was going to scare you, not him."

"I didn't even know he had them until it was too late! Honest!!" Wildfire all but pleaded realizing he was going to get the same punishment as Kento. "W-We brought food."

"You what? Kento, I thought I told you he had over done it today."

"I-I know that but Sage it's his BIRTHDAY." Kento peers into the apartment hoping Cye would be coming back and getting ready to get angry at him. "NOW! Where is the birthday …"

Instead there was silence. All he saw was Rowen helping Cye stay propped up against the wall. His friend was still unconscious, the hand on his forehead the only thing keeping him up right.

"..boy.." He swallowed nervously, his smile dropping.

Sage heaved a sigh glancing back, "Is it a normal one?"

"As far as I can tell… just need to get his blood pressure leveled out. After all he's gone through today, we got lucky. Usually when he over does it, his fainting spells are bad."

"….What does that mean?"

"It means you got lucky. He'll be back in a few minutes. If he weren't coming back so fast, I'd kick you out. But - I know he'll just be upset if you're not here when he does, so come on in."

"I thought we told you two to call before making your way over. What if he had needed an IV and had been at the hospital?" Rowen looked up at the two of them.

"You would have said no if I had! A-And Mama Faun made Cye some food. She said she catered it to him with higher sodium and stuff… no one can turn down her food…" Kento shrunk away slightly at seeing the two glares from Rowen and Sage. "A-At least not after you try it. Cye loves her food! And I brought more peace offerings."

"Peace Offerings?"

"Yeah, uh Rowen I picked you up a book and Sage, green tea - lots of it. Ryo hand them the green bag… before Sage uses Halo to kill me. Come on, man."

Ryo fumbled before handing it over.

Before Sage could respond they heard a groan come from the one on the ground. The blonde turns to the others, "Go onto the living room. We'll get him up and in there."

"But I can help-"

"Kento, you heard him. Let's go." Ryo knew better than to test both Sage and Rowen twice tonight.

"But my lil bud-"

"He'll be in here soon."

*~*

"…a party popper." Sage shook his head in disgust picking up the pieces. "What a mess."

"Hey buddy, can you hear me?" Rowen asked Cye hearing another groan. "You're on the floor. You fainted when Kento set a party popper off in your face."

"….from Ryo's birthday…?"

"Yeah, he wanted to scare Sage and got you instead apparently." He moved closer relieved to see both eyes were heavily lidded but open and for once already focused.

"Of all the s-stupid things-" Cye tries to get to his feet but his legs give out.

"Woah, are ya nuts. You know it takes ya a bit to come back. What are you doing?" Rowen reached out catching the smaller warrior mid fall. "Don't ignore your health just because rock head and Ryo are here, you hear me?"

"I-I hear you…"

"Now sit back and take some deep breaths." The bearer of Strata insisted taking a deep breath with him. "There ya go."

A minute or so later and he could tell Cye's breathing had leveled out. He reached forward and placed two fingers on the other's neck pressing gently, his blood pressure was down as well.

"Now, you can get up - slowly."

*~*

"Kento…"

Kento startled and looked up from holding (and petting) the stuffed orca he'd found on the couch. He throws it but catches it and gets to his feet setting the orca gently back on the couch. "Cye! You're-" He watches his friend wince at the loudness of his voice and clears his throat dropping his volume a bit. "You're awake!"

"What are you doing here so late at night? I-Its not that I don't want to see you but…"

"I couldn't just let ya not celebrate your birthday. Best friends don't let their best friends do that!"

"While I'm grateful, I can't do anything I'm afraid. Sage and Rowen are right, I over did it and-"

"Who said we had to do anything?" Kento smiles happily showing the several tiered bento box, "Mama made you a special birthday dinner. You have your own tier. The top! She made you some dishes that Uncle Chin made you in New York. Would you believe she loved the dumplings I came up for you when we were over there? And don't worry, it can all be reheated. We just eat as needed."

Cye stares at it trying to comprehend it all. "…she.. She didn't have to-"

"Annnnd I gotcha some CDs, the new age stuff? Its like 10 hours of ocean sounds. There was even one dedicated to orca's! My sisters helped me pick out some slippers.. They found you some dolphin ones… oh! Annnd for the finale, I pulled some strings and got The Little Mermaid in English for ya. No subtitles, just like you wanted."

Kento watched nervously as tears filled his best friend's eyes. He approached slowly reaching out to wipe some of them away, "I told ya, Cye. We don't have to go crazy. If you can't go out and party, then we'll just chill here and party. Besides, I'd rather have a night in your apartment with good food, a disney movie and friends any day over a loud club and karaoke bar."

Cye reached out and hugged his friend as tight as he could. "T-Thank you Kento.. For every thing.."

"Kento Rei Faun, I believe I warned you that if you ever touched my brother like that again, I'd kick you down the curb." Sayako's voice bounces off the walls.

Kento's arms went straight out and off his friend's waist. "It was just a friendly hug!! I Swear!!"

Sayako stood there arms crossed, "That better be."

"Man, why aren't you ever getting on Rowen for it?!" Kento grumbles loudly. "And who invited you anyway?"

"I invited myself. I couldn't let my little brother not celebrate his birthday." She smiles towards him, "I'm relieved to see I wasn't the only one. Mia and I met up down the street." She then turns to look at Rowen, "As for Ro.. He knows I'll let him have it if he hurts my brother."

"Would you both quit." Cye was bright red. "You are too over protective and-"

The lights dimmed slightly as Mia appeared in the doorway carrying a cake that had candles lit on it. To his surprise his friends started to sing in half English half Japanese "Happy Birthday". He was shocked that Sage was even attempting.

Rowen walked over , "Go on. Blow 'em out."

Cye rolled his eyes and leans over blowing his own candles out. "…whats this then?"

"Sage and Rowen baked you a birthday cake. He made the orca by hand."

"It took him like 17 times. His first looked like dead blobs.. We couldn't put a dead whale on the cake so he kept trying.."

Sage blushes clearing his throat, "Well hopefully it looks ok."

"Its lovely! A-All of this is ..is so nice.. Thank you all."

*~*

Sage pulled himself out of the meditative state he'd finally been able to put himself in to relax at hearing the clock chime midnight. The TV was playing the movie, looked like a wedding scene… possibly the end. Cye was curled up on the couch in between Kento and Rowen comfortably asleep wearing his new dolphin slippers.

Mia and Sayako were sharing a blanket on the love seat passed out. Ryo had fallen asleep on the floor. He sighed but smiled relieved that Cye had managed to have a Happy Birthday.

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Naaza: I'm just a soul whose intentions are good

Shin: Oh lord, please don't let that be a human foot

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Midori One Day One Page 84!

Final Vintage Anime is one of my longest running fandoms 💖

[roninversary-brawl]

One one side we have Shin/Cye, the gentle warrior of water!

VS

Suzunagi, the mysterious creator of new armors who holds a mysterious grudge!

Will Suzunagi seal Shin away once more? Or will he summon the will to fight her off?

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RONIN WARRIORS MASTERLIST

Cye Mouri

Assorted headcanons

Vampire AU!

Preferred type of socks

Kale

Kento Rei Fuan

What's the stupidest thing he's ever done

Vampire AU! headcanons

Preferred type of socks

Ryo Sanada

Dating headcanons

Preferred type of socks

Character Fanmix

Assorted headcanons

Rowen Hashiba

Favourite holiday dish

Assorted headcanons

Vampire AU! headcanons

Preferred type of socks

Character aesthetics

Sage Date

Sekhmet

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A couple little Shins! Boy shape experiment complete! 🥳

[wandererverse-legacy]

The Ronin Warriors

Ryo Sanada - Ryo of the Wildfire

Rowen Hashiba - Rowen of the Strata

Sage Date - Sage of the Halo

Cye Mouri - Cye of the Torrent

Kento Rei Faun - Kento of the Hardrock

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Another commission for SuperTalismanCD on twitter of Shin Mouri being taken over by Urataros from Kamen Rider Den-O! :3 

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Armor of the Torrent!  Soldier of Trust!  Let’s hear it for the winner of the very first @roninversary-brawl, Shin (or Cye, if you prefer) Mouri! 8D

So yeah, last month my friend @starlitskvader​ a very fun Tumblr Poll Tournament based around the cast of one of my Formative Anime, “Ronin Warriors”, in honor of the show’s 25th Anniversary, and wouldn’t you know it, my favorite character, Shin/Cye himself, won the whole darned thing!  So, of course, I had to make a bit of Fan Art to celebrate. ^_^

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I don’t remember if I posted these or not 😂 this was based off a conversation between my friend.

As much as I love Cye, I am all but terrified to get into the ocean.

Just the unknown creatures in the water (east coast isn’t clear), seaweed (my arch nemesis), stepping sharp shells, and my body breaking out into hives if sand gets near it, is such an awful sensory experience 😩😀

My friend goes “you can’t give up! We’ll get you water shoes and a boogie board”

The boogie board being my literal life line and the only way I’ll get into the ocean, I don’t go in without one.

And I go out of no where “Cye is my favorite Ronin Warrior!! I’m not a bitch!” On Skype annnnd it went downhill from there.

😌✨

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An AU of how Ryo finds out about the POTS. People wanted a Ryo fic so I delivered 😅 however looking at it, only the beginning and the end has been written.. sooo there is an actual story that was supposed to happen. This must have been one of the late night fanfic vomit. It’s 12 pages.

Ryo looked around his friends apartment a bit nervous as he stood in the doorway. He had taken his shoes off and was ready to step in but he and Sage had come in at a bad time? He had caught something about a fainting spell in the shower and was told to stay where he was.

So he did.

He shifts uncomfortably on his socked feet before stepping into the hallway. He stops at seeing the sitting room and tilts his head grinning as he sees the giant stuffed killer whale. He walks over and kneels down petting it’s head.

He looks around the room relaxing a bit more at seeing the fish tanks and plants, then his eyes stop on the familiar skyblue hoodie.

“I’ll get it. Hang on. No, yer not goin’ anywhere. Stay with Sage. Are you sure you need THAT hoodie? Alright alright…if I were a skyblue hoodie where would I-”

He lifts his head and stands back up properly. “Maybe, check the couch?”

Rowen startles not expecting to see Ryo in Cye’s living room. He takes the saught after hoodie trying to figure out, “…when…how..”

“Sage. He said that I could join when you guys took Cye out to lunch and to find him a new jacket?”

“Ah you’re going to be the heater.”

“Huh.”

“Long story. Look, uh, take a seat. Somethin’ happened and we just need to take care of it, ok? I’m not sure if Cye wants ya back there…” He sighs heavily as Ryo’s expression drops. “Look, its not just you. Kento wouldn’t be allowed back there either.”

“I-Is he okay at least?”

“Cye? Yeah. He’s lucky he’s got Torrent. Without it… we maybe in the hospital.”

“Wait what?!”

“Stay here Ryo.”

“Rowen are you crazy!? Where is he?” Ryo pushes past him running down the hallway, “Cye?!”

Rowen groans before chasing after him, “Ryo!”

The bearer of Wildire skidded to a stop in the doorway to the bedroom. His eyes widened nervously at seeing his friend all but naked on the side of the bed, Sage was beside him holding a towel to his head. “C-Cye? Dude are you okay?!”

Cye startles moving quickly to try and cover himself but is held fast by Sage. “R-Ryo…I-I…”

“He’ll be fine Ryo. He fainted in the shower.” The blonde states carefully. He looked past Ryo to see a frustrated Rowen standing behind him. “Did you get the hoodie?”

“Yeah, I got it. Buddy, are you sure you want to put it on? If your head is bleedin’, it’ll mess it up.”

“B-Bleeding..”

“The armor will heal it in a few hours.” Sage reassured Ryo and Cye.

Cye blushes bright red mortified at Ryo seeing him like this. Ryo blinked before turning around so he wouldn’t see. “Uh sorry, bud. Just got worried when Rowen said you were hurt.”

“..it was my fault. I stood up in the shower. I shouldn’t have.” The younger one admitted.

“Shouldn’t have what? Did you trip?” He asked.

He looked up from where his back was turned and saw Rowen’s eyes narrow, “Yeah, dunno about trippin’”

“Oh alright, I tried to stand and get something that I should have had already down on the ground with me.” Cye muttered obviously caught by the tone of his voice. “Then the blood rushed to my head and I woke up on the ground with Rowen screaming for Sage. Sorry Ryo, I bet it was a bloody racket earlier.”

Ryo heard Cye wince and then heard rustling. He stole a peak and saw Cye had his hoodie on and was having help getting the rest on. He turned back around at seeing Sage shake his head.

“Bloody was one word for it. Are you going to let me use Halo to heal it faster or are you going to be stubborn and go out shopping with a head injury?” The blonde holds his arms out on either side of the youngest warrior ready to catch him or steady him if a blood pressure drop or spike happened while pulling his jeans on.

“Should he even be out shoppin’? What if he has a concussion an’ we just don’t know about it.” Rowen asks taking the bloodied towel out into the laundry room.

“Halo will tell me if anything like that happened.”

“Ok, Ryo.. you can turn a-around..” Cye leans on Sage’s arms hanging his head slightly as he does his best to catch his breath. He was light headed. His hand weakly grasped at his friend’s arm to stay up right.

Ryo moved closer not liking how unsteady the other was, “Woah, dude. You ok?”

“You need to sit.” Sage stated not giving the other another option.

“Not here. T-The couch.”

“Are you going to make it to the couch?”

The water bearer nodded determined.

The other just sighed heavily, “Ok, lean on me. Ryo stay close, I may need your help.”

*~*

Rowen stepped out of the laundry room finally confident that the stain would more than likely come out of the towel and walked back to the bed room, it was empty.

“We’re in here.” Ryo called from the den.

He walked into the sitting area and saw Cye was laying on the couch, a compress over his eyes. Sage was kneeling beside him meditating. By the green glow of both of them he knew Halo was being used.

“Everything ok?”

“Uh I think so… Cye said he felt sick to his stomach and his eyes hurt. So I helped him lay down and I got a warm compress… I think he fell asleep. Then Sage started to heal him with Halo.” Ryo explained watching as Rowen walks to the couch and leans over the side gently lifted the compress temporarily.

“Yeah he’s asleep. Good. He needs to rest.” Rowen looks up to the other. “Don’t worry. Once he wakes up and eats somethin’ we’ll be on the road.”

*~*

Ryo stumbles up the stairs holding one of Cye’s arms over one of his shoulders. He looks to Rowen smiling nervously as the younger warrior hung limply between them. “…i-is this normal?”

“Ryo, I don’t know what normal is anymore. He can faint at any given moment, you just get used to making do. I am upset that the elevator is out. While it would have caused him to faint, he wouldn’t be having to do this. I put several requests in this week to have it fixed.” The archer grumbled as he pushed the door open to the fifth floor. “And before you say anythin’ yeah, Sage and I have spoken about him possibly changing apartments.”

“But Rowen who-”

“I know. I know.” The unasked question hung heavily in silence as Rowen pulled the totebag off of Cye’s shoulder gently, “Here. Take this and find the key. I’ve got him.” He manuevers himself in a familiar stance catching all of Cye’s weight against himself. He moves his shoulder in a way that gently catches the other’s head as it drops. “Should be on an orca keychain.”

The bearer of Wildfire drops to his knees as he digs through the skyblue totebag. “You know if you give this to Mia, she could organize it…her purse has like all of these pockets and small bags…its’ weird but efficient.”

Rowen smirks, “So you’ve been into her purse, have you?”

“Well, when I forget my house key and hers is at the bottom of her bag, yeah?” Ryo tilts his head confused missing the joke.

They go quiet as Cye moans groggily. The one holding him up sighs relieved, “Easy buddy. Take your time. I’ve got ya. Ryo’s unlockin’ the door and Sage is parkin’ the car.”

“Got it!” Ryo grins happily as he opens the door and holds it open. “Uh need help?”

Rowen looks the youngest warrior over trying to gauge how fast he was waking up. He looks into the half focused eyes and smiles, “Cye? How many heads do I have?”

“…t-too many.”

“Ok, yep. I’ll need yer help.”

Ryo holds the door open with his foot as he turns holding an arm out. He tries not to act shocked as an ice cold hand weakly grips it. “D-Dude, you’re freezing…”

“…sorry Ryo..” Cye leans most of his weight into Rowen as they help him inside. His legs were still numb and about gave out once inside. “R-Ro!”

“Alright, enough of this game. Up and at ‘em.” The other picks up the smaller warrior in a cradle carry in one swoop and holds him in his arms. “To the couch we go.”

“..but my tea. Sage promised-”

“Ryo can put the kettle on the stove. Besides, you need electrolytes and sodium first.”

Ryo lifts his head at hearing a heavy grumbling sigh and familiar “..fine…” smiling slightly at hearing his friend sound somewhat back to normal.

*~*

“Ryo? Can you hold the door open for me?” Sage calls from the otherside.

“You got it-“ Ryo pulls the door open again and moves out of the way. “I still can’t believe we got all of this at the same time.”

“This is nothing. What I can’t believe is that we have to carry it up to the fifth floor.” The blonde sighs as he sets the first armful down. “However, he’s needed this. Thank you for going. Kento is too loud about things and would have made a big deal out of it all.”

“Out of what? Clothes?”

Sage nods, “He still can’t wrap his mind around everything happening with the POTS and the changes it’s causing…mainly all of this. He would have gotten Cye worked up.”

This time Wildfire’s eyes widened, “…he’s lost weight…I thought he looked smaller b-but Cye’s already so small…”

“Yeah. I know. He doesn’t know the extent of it but he’s not blind. We basically got him a new wardrobe. What I want your help with though this is.” He pulls out a new bedding set. “Can you go remake his bed. I need all five layers on it and this heating blanket on high under the top.”

“Uh sure.” Ryo grins. “I think I can manage that!”

“How is he?”

“Cye fainted halfway up the first flight of stairs. Ro and I carried him up the rest. When he woke up, he said Rowen had too many heads and I think he about collapsed on us. Rowen just carried him to the den after that.”

Sage sighed pulling his coat off hanging it by the door. “I was afraid of that.”

“I put water on the stove but Rowen mentioned electroyltes and sodium?”

“I’ll get that together. Go make the bed. Going out wears him out, so he’ll be in bed in a few hours I’m sure.”

“…i-in bed?”

“The POTS takes his energy away a lot faster. He’ll be in bed at least for tomorrow if not the next day before he’s up on his feet again. Go on and make the bed.”

Ryo looks down at the new flannel sheets and soft but heavy blankets, “…s-sure.”

Sage watches him go down the hallway before he picks up another one of the new blankets and shakes it out. It was a second heated blanket. “Cye? Rowen?” His voice dropped in volume slightly knowing the younger warrior would more than likely have a headache.

“In here.” Rowen answered. He looks up grinning, “Alright! Cye, he pulled out one of those fancy heated blankets.” His hand dropped back down onto the red hair as gently as he can. The other warrior was curled up on his side, head in Rowen’s lap as he dozed in and out peacefully.

“He’s asleep.”

“Good. Better than earlier.”

“I heard he was dizzy when he woke up.” The blonde reaches around the couch to plug the blanket in then lays it over the smaller frame tucking it in. “Ryo is remaking the bed with everything we got.”

“How is Ryo doing?”

“What do you mean?”

“Sage, this is his first time dealin’ with all of this. You forget that we’re used to it by now.” Rowen shakes his head sighing. “And it’s not something we should be used to…”

“I’ll go check on Ryo. Just let him rest for a bit. Will you be ok?”

“Just hand me that book and I’ll be fine.”

Sage turns and looks to where the other is visually pointing with his head and picks it up handing it over. “Ok, I’ll be back. Call if anything happens. We’re right down the hallway.”

*~*

Ryo’s hands shake as he pulls on the bottom sheet onto his friend’s bed. He used his armors power and put a little bit of heat on the cloth each time he touched it leaving it comfortably warm once he was done.

His mind was racing on how he had missed all of this during the war with Talpa and even after. When they were in New York it wasn’t this bad… or was it? Rowen and Kento stuck so close to Cye it was hard to really get a word in edge wise. That one time they were alone, Cye had stayed away almost guarded against him knowing anything.

He had taken that as that it was handled and to not stick his nose in it. But now… he was always there when Mia was on the phone with Sage getting updates. He saw her features drop with each call and could hear the concern in her voice as she tried to help.

It was always a speciality doctor and a hospital trip or something about the symptoms that got worse. He had been relieved when Sage asked him if he wanted to help Cye find a winter coat. He didn’t know it would mean all of this.

He was thankful to be apart of it but … that wasn’t his friend that he’d faught Talpa with. It was Cye but … he shakes his head.

“It’s a lot to take in, isn’t it?”

He turns and sees Sage in the doorway. “How do you do it?”

“When you’re forced into the situation and have someone who depends on you to figure it out so he doesn’t accidentally kill himself when fainting… you figure it out really fast.” Sage sighs walking over to help Ryo finish making the bed. “He needs Rowen and I to help him wade through all of this.”

“You don’t blink an eye at any of it though. Cye faints on Rowen and he just catches him like it’s nothing and –“

“Ryo, Cye faints at least twenty times a day. The shock factor wears off pretty quickly. What you saw today was a good day. He only fainted eight times. Yesterday, he went down on us at least 30-35 times before he was forced to the couch. That’s just what his POTS does.” He shrugs. “I’m not saying that to scare you…it just is what it is… we haven’t had time to be scared. It all happened so fast.”

“Cye’s really grateful you’re here.”

The blonde glanced over at him before smiling, “I’m not sure about that. I nag him about eating right and I refuse him his tea most of the time.”

“How did it happen?”

“Ryo, you really don’t need to know-“

“Sage, don’t hide it from me. I can take it.”

Halo tucked the blankets in one at a time before he stands up. “Hand me Wildfire then I’ll tell you.”

“What? Why!?”

“Do it.”

Ryo holds his hand out and his armor orb appeared in his hand. It glowed red before “virtue” appeared on it. The other reaches out and takes it turning the light down, the power going with it. “Sage, what is going on?”

“Talpa did it.”

Ryo’s blue eyes narrowed, “W-What?!”

“Shh. Don’t be so loud. This is why you weren’t told.” Sage closed the door behind them. “And why I took Wildfire. Cye would never forgive you if you toasted his room.”

“What do you mean Talpa did this?”

“Talpa took our life forces when he captured us. He kept threatening that we’d never be the same afterwards. Apparently he somehow got more of Cye’s than he got of Kento and I. I-It sadly came back as an auto immune response.”

“….what?” The color drained from the other warriors face as he sat down on the edge of the bed. “i-if Rowen and I had gotten out there faster and …and rescued you guys we could have-“

“Ryo, we don’t know that. Cye was the first one to be captured by Talpa. It could have happened at any time from that point onward.”

“No, Sage. It’s not ..this isn’t….Cye is that way because of us?! Because of Rowen and I?!”

The blond watches as the other paces a bit, “Calm down. Cye doesn’t need to hear any of this. He was adamanet about you not knowing because of this.” He sighs realizing that the other wasn’t going to calm down that easily. “Look, go outside and scream if you need to but you’re not getting Wildfire back until you’re calm. Cye needs you if you can stand it but I can’t fault you for panicking.”

Ryo pushes past Sage and all but runs down the hallway and out of the apartment complex. The other sighs and stands still holding the armor orb in his hand. Halo’s power was calming what it could of the Wildfire’s flame but it was still hot in his hands.

Nothing he could say or do would fix any of what Ryo was feeling. He, Rowen and Kento had already processed it all in their own way.

It was Ryo’s turn.

*~*

Rowen lifts his head hearing someone come almost running down the hall. He sighed and covered both of Cye’s ears as the other slept so he wouldn’t here.

“Well, I told him.”

“Went well I see.” He half jokes smiling sadly. His smile drops off at seeing the Wildfire Armor orb in Sage’s hand. It was glowing and it looked like it hurt to hold.

“As well as it could have. He didn’t “toast” the room as Kento would say. I made him give me his armor orb before he could hear what happened.” The blonde sighs shifting the ball in his hands. “He’s still mad though, I can feel it.”

“Maybe ya should get a hot mitt or something.”

Rowen watches as the other leaves wordlessly to go do just that. He sighs leaning back into the couch looking down at the youngest warrior as he slept. He smiles slightly petting the other’s head gently, “You’re lucky you’re cute, buddy…”

He couldn’t blame Ryo for being angry when he himself was still livid at himself for not being there to save everyone sooner. If he and Ryo had gotten there earlier, in theory, Cye wouldn’t have wound up like this.

“Hey Sage..”

“Yeah?”

“Here, do you mind switchin’ with me?”

Sage raised an eyebrow, Rowen had never asked that question before when with Cye like this. “Where are you going?”

“The only one who can talk to Ryo about this is someone who was there… it was just he and I. I dunno, maybe it’ll help if it’s me.” Rowen shifts slightly letting Sage hold Cye up so he can pull away then the other takes his spot. “I’ll go find him.”

He saw Sage get comfortable out of the corner of his eye and relaxed knowing Cye had someone to curl up against and wouldn’t wake up for awhile if he was lucky.

Now he just had to find Ryo.

*~*

The bearer of Wildfire lifted his head as he heard his name. He turned around and saw Rowen hurrying to meet him. “Rowen… what are you doing out here? What about Cye… is Sage with him? Is he awake?”

“Uhh out here to find you,” Rowen counts off his fingers as he answers the questions. “Cye is still fast asleep and yeah Sage is with him. You can’t really leave him alone these days without supervision… the whole fainting thing.”

“Rowen, we could have prevented all of this from happening. Cye is like this because of US. We took our time getting to the Dynasty when we should have just jumped in.”

“Ryo, don’t do this to yourself.”

“How can I not?! Rowen, it was OUR job to save the guys. They depended on US and we failed them.” Ryo groans frustrated again heaving as his usual energy isn’t gone with a rush of fire. He was pacing a bit instead. “N-Now Cye… he can barely walk without help.. he needs Supervision or he can crack his head open…”

“Ryo lis-“

“Does Cye know it was Talpa?! That we failed him!? Does Kento know as well?”

“Ryo stop. Listen to me. Cye does know. As soon as the symptoms started to appear, Sage got ahold of Kayura through Halo. She helped him figure it out.”

“How can you help Cye knowing you caused it?”

Rowen stood there staring at the other trying to come up with an answer. He didn’t have one that he could verbally answer with. He felt that pit start growing in his stomach again, the one he thought he’d gotten rid of. “Ryo..”

“I couldn’t look him in the eye.. I-I can’t…Talpa did this and we helped him do it because we were too slow. We took too much time thinking!”

“He doesn’t blame us…” He finally got out. “D-Damn it, Ryo. Cye doesn’t blame either of us. Its why he didn’t want you knowing. He took his time telling you and Kento because of this. You and I did what we had to so we could get to them. We moved as fast as we could.”

“You just act like its all okay – its not!”

“No, it’s not. You’re right. It’s fuckin’ awful in that apartment. You don’t think we know this!? Sage and I have been sole caretakers of Cye for almost a year and a half, Ryo. You’re acting like we don’t know all of this. Yes, he needs help. A lot of it. Yes, he faints a lot. He can’t control any of it, Ryo. He’s terrified of what’s happening but thankful we’re all here. It’s terrifying every time he faints on us. None of what’s happening is “ok” Ryo. But he’s alive and we’re doing the best we can.”

“But Rowen-“

“If you can’t see him again right now, that’s fine. I’ll just let him know you had somewhere to be. But do not come back in there lashing out. He doesn’t need that. He’s already so worried about what you guys are going to see if he’s not at his best. But he can’t hide this POTS like he thinks he can.”

Ryo bites back tears hanging his head. “N-No, you can both do this… I should be able to.”

“If it helps, Kento can’t do it yet either.” Rowen offers heaving a sigh. “He’s ok as long as things are normal but once it turns into,” He motions towards the apartment. “He has to bow out. Cye’s ok with it. I’m ok with it. Sage is as well. He doesn’t think you love him any less.”

Ryo stood there quietly fidgeting nervously. He wrings his hands and as he spoke this time his voice broke slightly, “…but why Cye…? Why out of all of us did..did Talpa do that to him? If it had been any of us….”

“I know.”

“…it wasn’t the white armor?” Came another weak question.

“Kayura didn’t say it was. It was Talpa’s influence on Torrent and the life force he pulled from Cye.”

Ryo swallowed nervously unable to hold back a few tears almost out of relief. Rowen tilts his head worried, “Buddy what is it?”

“….it wasn’t my fault then?”

Rowen blinks then shakes his head, “No, Ryo. It wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t any of our faults. I-It just …it happened. We can help now. Talpa is dead. Cye is alive. We need to keep him that way. Can you help us..?”

Ryo nodded more firmly than before, “Of course.. I don’t know a lot but can you teach me?”

“We’d love too and don’t worry, Cye isn’t always like this. He’s just having a hard day. Just wait until it’s a normal day and he’s nagging you about something.” Rowen grins stretching. “Sometimes you just wish he’d faint to give you a break.”

The other smiles his shoulders drop, “Kento said he’s really bad about that.”

“You don’t know the half of it. Come on, you can be there when Cye wakes up. He was nappin’.” Rowen tugs Ryo to his side giving him a half hug before leading him back inside.

[rgartblog]

The rest of my Sailor Ronins and my girls all on one post!

These were made up when I was 12-13.

So “cringe”? Absolutely.

But I’m proud to finally get them on paper.

In my version, Torrent is the leader of the girls. She and Rowen get together. Sailor Strata and Ryo get together. Otherwise., Kento and Cye get together and Mia and Sage 😂 even at a young age I knew the true couple had to be made a thing.

[starlitskvaderart]

MARTch 5 is Redraw!

I chose a piece I drew for a Ronin Warriors zine some years ago; I'm not sure the new one is better per se... but considering the original was days of work while this one was hours I think the improvement shows in some way? I might try this one again in a few months, with more than a day to work on it... just to see what I'll manage at Full Power.

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[roninversary-brawl]

[ciaossu-imagines]

Okay, but no matter how old this show is or how old I get, Ronin Warriors will always be one of my first loves and one of the first anime that really got me into watching it! The wheel picked for me in terms of characters, and I used this prompt here to create some headcanons for Cye! I hope anyone familiar with the show (if anyone other than me is) will enjoy!

A nervous tic or habit they do?

I feel like, whenever nervous, Cye does have a bad habit of playing with his hair. He runs his hands through it and, if really stressed, can even take to pulling out strands of it.

Describe their usual smile.

Soft and sweet, most of the time. When he’s really happy, grinning and laughing, it still somehow manages to look very soft and genuine. His eyes crinkle a lot when he grins and laughs but he’s not a very toothy smiler. When being polite or just mildly friendly, he smiles without showing any teeth at all. He tends to look like he’s smiling even when he isn’t.

Do they look up or down while thinking?

He tends to look down when seriously thinking about something. His mind just turns very inward in those moments, and he’ll end up staring vacantly at the floor or his lap. When trying to remember something though, Cye looks up and to the left and, on the very, very occasions he lies about something, Cye looks down and to the left.

Describe their usual sleeping position.

Cye sleeps on his side. He likes to face the door whenever possible so which side he sleeps on will really depend on the alignment of the bed within the room. He tends to not like to be completely covered with blankets, keeping them at chest height or a little lower. He’ll sleep with the arm he’s lying on raised up under his head, cushioning it, and the other one folded either across his hips or his chest and his legs a little bent. He’s a very static sleeper and doesn’t tend to move once he falls asleep.

Describe something they like without naming it?

One word, guys…Wet.

What’s their posture like in a normal situation?

Cye has had training in proper manners, including his posture and he tends to stand straight and confidently. Even though he has good posture though, he doesn’t give the illusion of taking up a lot of space and, when sitting, he’s fairly compact. He never commits the ‘sin’ of man-spreading, and often crosses his legs either at the knee or the ankle when sitting.

Describe their hands.

Like most things about Cye, his hands are very soft and gentle. They’re large but surprisingly graceful looking, with long, elegant fingers. His nails are kept short and clean and the grooves and indents of his knuckles aren’t very deep. His hands are always a little cool to the touch, but not unpleasantly so.

Write a quote they would find themselves saying.

It’s not so much that I could see him saying it, but I do think he’d really enjoy the following quote and he does his best to live his life by it. “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph H. Blum

How would their hair gray? Or would they lose their hair first?

Cye’s family doesn’t display male-pattern baldness, with most of his male relatives keeping their hair long into their old age. His hair, because of its colour, doesn’t gray completely but turns a mixture of gray and an almost blondish white. It happens slowly and tends to show along the sides first.

Describe how they show affection.

Cye’s love language, at least in how he shows affection to other people, is very much a mix of acts of service and words of affirmation. He’s not going to say he loves people often, but he does give reassurances and encouragement often and is never shy with a compliment. He likes to help the people he cares about too, often in small and subtle ways, doing whatever he can to make their lives easier by taking care of chores, by cooking for them, by helping them with problems they might have, or giving help with work or schoolwork they don’t understand. Even just knowing they’re having a rough time, he tries hard to either be a listening ear for them or to take them out to do something fun if he knows that they don’t like to talk about their feelings and a distraction from their issues would be more helpful for them.

What is one of their favourite items?

I think he has a dolphin plush at his mother’s home that she got for him as a young child. I headcanon it as being his boyhood stuffed animal, rather than a stereotypical bear, and I think it really means a lot to him. He doesn’t sleep with it anymore and it largely stays up on a shelf where it won’t get further damaged, because it is beat up after years of childhood play, but I also think that when he gets really sad, he brings it down and just holds it or pets it.