"Get your rear end down here right now!!" A voice yelled up the stairs.
    "All right All right, I'm on my way down." A second voice replied as she shut her computer down and left the room.
    "Is she gone?" A small voice asked.
    "Yea, she's gone.  You can all relax." Another voice answered.  On and around the computer several little action figures started to move around.
    "Are you sure she's gone?" One in red armor asked of one in white who was on top of the monitor.
    "I'm positive." The one in white answered back as he layed down his plastic swords. "roll call!" there were several moan from around the room.
    "RAAOOOWWWWW" A white tiger figurine growled quieting everyone down.
    "Thank you Byakuen, okay, Talpa." The white figure called out.
    "Here." a figure in black armor answered from the other side of the telephone which seperated him from the others.
    "Ryo of the Wildfire."
    "Here." Ryo replied as he took off his helmet and set his own swords down.
    "Rowen of the Armoh of Stratah" He called along with the bad New York accent.
    "Will you stop that! You know I can't help it." He replied in the same kind of accent.
    "Sage of the Halo?"
    "Here."
    "Cye of the Torrent" This time in a bad English accent.
    "I'm really getting tired of this." He replied in the same accent.
    "Hariel of the Inferno, I'm here.  Byakuen is here, and so is Chibi Byakuen." He replied looking down at the baby white tiger figurine.  "Mass Produced Eva?" A flapping of wings is heard, "Here..  Unit 4"  The sound of it's functions powering up is heard. "here.  Why can't you two just say your here?"
    "Cause it's cooler this way." Unit 4 replied with a very nerdy sounding voice.
    "Yea, you know i love to show off my wings!" The MPE said in a girlish voice.
    "Okay, Okay,   Tasha?"
    "Here!" The beinie white tiger responded from her perch on the phone.
    "Chibi! You down there?"
    "Here!" Another white tiger responded from a pocked of a book bag that hung on a closet door.
    "Sailor Star Healer?"
    "Yea, yea, I'm here.  And why can't you call me by my name?" He/she asked as he/she sat down in it's little coffie shop and drank the plastic coffie.
    "Cause I dont' know it.  Peter Rabbit, you still with us?"  Harial yelled over to  the bed.  The covers of the bed moved a bit and an old worn out stuffed rabbit peeked out.
    "I'm still here.  I think." The rabbit replied.
    "All, right you're all dismissed." With that, the Ronin's and Talpa took off their helmets and extra weapons and jumped from the computer stand.
    "MPE, Unit 4, would you care to join me for some tea?" Talpa asked in a very polite manner.
    "I'd love to!" MPE Replied as she messed with one of her wings.
    "Count me out.  I've got some work to do." Unit 4 said as he also jumped off to do some work on his dust collecting.  In the very corner of the room the four Ronin's were in a little huddle with their backs to everyone.
    "Give me five." Rowen said laying five cards down.
    "Okay," Ryo agreed dealling off five cards.
    "JEN!" Sage yelled slapping his cards onto the floor.
    "Sage, we're playing Poker, not Rummy!" Cye yelled shakeing his fist at him.
    "Sorry, didn't know." Sage replied trying to hide behind Rowen.
    "Don't hide your sorry ass behind me." Rowen said shoving Sage away.
    "What are you talking about, you don't even know how to play poker!" Sage countered.
    "I.. umm... oi." Rowen said as he tried to hide behind Cye.
    "Don't hide behind me you bloody bloke! And you're supposed to be the genius." Cye sighed laying down his hand.  "Straight flush.  Beat that."
    "Dang! Why do you always win??" Ryo asked laying his cards down neatly.
    "Cause I AM the genius here!" Cye said proudly.
    "No, your just a stinking cheater." Sage said jerking Cye's arm causeing some extra cards to fall out.
    "Why, how did they get there?" Cye asked innocently while the other three eyed him looking for blood... well, the toy equivalent of it.

    "Hey, Peter.  Whatcha doing?" Hareil asked climbing up into the bed.
    "Umm.. uhh.. nothing!" Peter replied hiding something under the covers.
    "Peter, I thought you quit!" Harial scolded the old rabbit.
    "Aww, I couldn't do it!" Peter sighed as he brought out the silver flask.
    "Now don't be so down about it." Harial said takeing the flask from Peter.
    "What am I supposed to do?  Sixteen years of listening to her problems, of her crying all over me.  Hearing her play pretend and not being able to do anything about it." Peter cried out.
    "It's okay, just let it out.  At least she doesn't call you by a name other the the one you were given." Harial pointed out.
    "Yea, Listen to him!!" A few Cabbage Patch dolls cheered from the closet where they had been put away.
    "No, but she named me after a song." Peter pouted.
    "A song her mother used to sing to her.  That's a great honor.  You know that." Harial said trying to knock some since into the old rabbit.  "You don't realize how lucky you are.  She could lose interest in us one of these days.  She's loved you since she was four, and still does, and still will."
    "Getting laied on, smothered under the covers, dropped on the floor..." Peter pointed out.
    "Show's how much she loves you."
    "How long before you think she'll forget about me?"
    "I figure, she'll stop sleeping with you when she finds a guy, but you'll just be put up on a shelf where you can watch her from a far."
    "I hope your right."
    "Don't worry!!"  Harial said patting Peter on the back.  Down on the floor the four Ronins were in a fight to the finish. "If you'll excuse me, I've got to break something up."
    "No, let me.  I am the main toy in the room, am i not?" Peter asked standing up and jumping down off the bed. He walked over to the four small figures and cleared his throat.  They stopped and looked up at him.
    "Oh, hi Petey." Sage said grinning up at the upset rabbit.
    "Only she calls me Petey and you know it." Peter growled.
    "We were just playing around.  Weren't we guys?" Ryo said nudging Cye who was laying on top of him, and he nodded.
    "I suggest you get your armros together, pick up the cards and get back to your posts.   Our Child should be back soon."  Just then they heard some footsteps start up the stairs.  "EVERYONE BACK TO YOUR POSTS!!"  Harial yelled jumping down from the bed and up to his spot.  Everyone hurried, trying to get things back to he way they were when she left.  The door opened just as Peter climed up to the bed.
    "Jeeze, I told her I was sorry, but that's never enough." Their child complained as she sat down at her computer and turned it on.  She noticed a solitary playing card on the floor and leaned over to pick it up. "I didn't realize I had dropped one.  glad I found it before the dog got to it."  She said as she put it away.  While she was doing so, Peter peeked up from the bed and eyed the four Ronin's who had forgotten to put their helmets back on.  They all cringed and hurridly put them on as fast as they could. Almost not fast enough. "What the? I could of sworn their helmets were off... but  then I didn't take them off... so I must of been imaginaing things.  Oh well, back to my story."