Chapter 1: Finding Her
"Can we adopt her, please mommy," a young Tyson asked his mom and dad. They looked at the little girl in front of them with alternating coloured irises. One side of her hair brown and the other side pink with white strips. She was standing beside a dumpster in an alley.
Neo looked at the three people in front of her. The five year old Neo's heart skipped a beat upon hearing that. The mother looked at the father and exchanged looks. They looked back at the little girl standing there.
"Ok, come along little one," the mother said to Neo. Tyson nearly jumped into the dumpster upon hearing that. Neo felt tears running down her cheeks and followed the three back to their house.
"Welcome home," said the father.
"Can you speak," asked the mother. Neo shook her head since she was a mute. The mother then got a thoughtful look on her face. Then she rushed to the kitchen and came back with a pencil and a pad of paper. Neo learned how to write on her own but her writing was sloppy. She quickly scribbled out something on the pad of paper. She handed it to the mother and she tried to understand it.
"What does it say," asked five year old Tyson. His mother shrugged and handed it to him. He read it as if it were written by his own mother.
"Her name's Neo, she's a mute," Tyson said informing his parents. Neo smiled at him sweetly and hugged him.
"Well, seeing as how we don't have an extra bed Neo, you'll sleep down here on the couch," Tyson's father said to her. She nodded happily still holding onto Tyson. Tyson was able to squirm out of the hug and went to the couch to sit down. He turned on the tv and watched one of his favourite shows. Neo sauntered over and sat down beside him. She hugged his arm and watched the show with him. An hour later both were asleep on the couch and cuddling together. Tyson's mother had placed a blanket over them and watched them with a happy feeling.
"They look sweet and peaceful together," Tyson's mother said to his father. He joined her and watched the two kids together. He smiled and placed an arm around her.
"They do look cute together," he said to her. She hugged him and they walked off to bed together.
Five years later,
"Look at the two lovebirds," Tyson's mother said taking a picture at Tyson's birthday.
"Mooom," Tyson whined while being pecked on the cheek by Neo. Tyson's cheeks blushed to a deep red from the sudden kiss. Neo silently giggled from his reaction. Tyson's mother smiled even bigger from the show of affection.
'You look so cute when you blush,' Neo said in Tyson's head. Tyson looked at her but couldn't say anything because of her cute expression. Tyson and Neo had developed a special way of talking to each other using telepathy. Neo was also able to talk to Tyson's mom and dad the same way since the five years they've been together as a family. Neo was as always hugging Tyson's arm and stayed close to him. Since the day they met they have become inseparable. Neo and Tyson had become so much more than being family members. They entered a serious relationship really quick. Even their parents noticed and were happy for them. Tyson quickly returned the affection by pecking her on the cheek. Now it was Neo's turn to blush.
"You look so cute when you blush," Tyson said repeating her previous statement. Neo glared at Tyson because of it.
'Don't mock me,' Neo said in his head. Tyson just smiled his normal big smile. Neo couldn't help but return the smile. Tyson's mother placed a piece of cake in front of each of the kids. Neo let go of Tyson's arm and grabbed a fork ready to spear the piece of cake. Tyson poised his arm to do the the same thing but both were stopped by the parents.
"We want a real kiss, not a peck on the cheek," Tyson's mother said to the two. Both instantly blushed an even deeper red than before. His father smiled at his wife's request. Both kids looked into each other's eyes trying to make a decision.
'Do you think we should,' asked Neo. Tyson felt his cheeks heat up even more and nodded. Tyson wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. Neo let out a rather quiet yelp. Neo looked up into his Celadon green eyes. He leaned towards her and readied for a kiss. Neo leaned in and touched his lips. For both kids this sent jolts of excitement up their spines. That was the first time they kissed on the lips and they liked it. That's when a flash went off and both turned to see Tyson's mother with a camera.
"Moooom," Tyson whined at the embarrassing time she took the picture. His mother looked at them and smiled. Neo couldn't help but blush and forced a silent laugh.
'I love you Tyson,' Neo said in Tyson's head. Tyson instantly snapped his head towards Neo and gave a slight smile. Tyson pulled her in for a hug.
"I love you too," Tyson whispered in her ear. She hugged him back and finally felt she was at home.
Another five years later,
"Come on Neo, we're almost there," Tyson said to her. Neo and Tyson had walked to the park together. Tyson wanted to take her somewhere in the park. Neo was curious where they were going but held it in. Tyson had led them to an ice cream stand. Neo just looked at Tyson with a look of confusion.
"Remember, we came here on our first date," Tyson said jogging her memory. Neo then smiled with genuine happiness because of the memories. Tyson bought them their usually cones, Neo had vanilla and Tyson had chocolate. They walked around the park the whole day hand in hand. They stopped at a ball throw and Tyson tried to win Neo a stuffed toy. While Tyson was distracted, Neo was shoved away from Tyson and being bullied.
'HELP, TYSON,' she yelled in his head almost making him deaf. He turned around she was a few feet away in the middle of a group of boys. The boys were pushing her around, making fun of her. He sprinted at them and planted a shoulder in the closest guy. Tyson completely toppled the boy and faced the other four.
"You made a terrible mistake," said one of boys. One went to punch Tyson but he dodged to the left and landed a solid punch to the boy's chest. The boy stumbled backwards and struggled to catch his breath. Tyson readied himself by going into a boxing stance with his fists protecting his face. Within a matter of minutes Tyson was victorious and hugged Neo close. He turned to the boy that had first said something to him.
"Yeah, you made the mistake of picking on my girlfriend," he said to the bully and walked away with his arm around Neo. Tyson led Neo to a man in the park with a camera setup.
"Hey there kids, want a picture taken," asked the man with the camera. Tyson nodded and handed the man enough money for two pictures.
"We want two pictures," Tyson said to him. He nodded and motioned for them to stand at the mark on the ground in front of the camera. Tyson led Neo to the mark and stood there. Neo taken up her usual position when she was with Tyson by hugging his arm. Both looked into the camera and smiled as the flash went. They stood there for a couple seconds longer and waited for the second flash. The flash came and both teens walked to the man. He handed each of them a picture.
"You are one lucky guy to have a girl as beautiful as her," the man said to Tyson. Neo blushed at the comment and hugged Tyson's arm even tighter. Tyson thanked the man and they left the park to go back home. Once they got home Tyson and Neo sat on the couch together and watched a movie. An hour later after the movie, Neo was asleep so Tyson had to pick her up bridal style and carry her to her bed. Neo had her arms linked around Tyson's neck, when Tyson tried to lay Neo down on her bed and leave her, she wouldn't let go of Tyson. Tyson sighed and crawled in bed beside her and fell asleep.
One month later,
Neo had borrowed some money from Tyson's mom and dad to go get Tyson a present for his birthday. He was looking through multiple stores looking for the proper gift for Tyson. She found some brown leather gloves that would be perfect for him. Since he liked to get up close and personal with people who he's going to fight. Those gloves would protect his hands from cuts and she decided to buy them.
'I know him so well,' Neo thought to herself. She smiled to herself and walked to the cashier. She placed the gloves down on the counter and looked at the cashier.
"Will that be all miss," asked the cashier. Neo nodded and the cashier rung up the gloves.
"That will be twenty Lien please," said the cashier. Neo produced two ten Lien cards out of her pocket and placed on them the counter. The cashier took them and placed them in the till.
"Thank you miss, have a wonderful day," the cashier said. Neo smiled, waved and left the store.
'Now I need to get home and wrap his present,' Neo thought. She walked out the door and walked home. Neo pulled out the picture she kept in her back pocket and looked it over. It was of her and Tyson at the park a month before. His dark hair was ruffled from the fight he got into. His Celadon green looking like they were full of love. His simple black top seemed to make his eyes light up even more. She was hugging his arm like she normally does. Neo's heart fluttered at the sight of the picture. She felt so lucky to have someone like him. She returned the picture to her pocket and continued the walk back home.
Once she got back home, she had to sneak past Tyson and went to her bedroom. She had found a small box and wrapping paper. She placed the gloves in the box and placed the lid on. She then wrapped it up in the wrapping paper she had brought to her room. She took a marker and wrote to Tyson from Neo on the top of the present. She hid the present under her bed and walked back down stairs. She walked over Tyson who was sitting on the couch watching tv. She sat beside him and rested her head on his shoulder. Tyson wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer. Neo snuggled into his side and watched tv with him.
A few days later,
Tyson sat on the chair at the kitchen table. A birthday cake sat in the middle while Tyson and Neo sat together. Neo was constantly peppering Tyson with kisses on his cheeks while Tyson blew out the candles on his cake.
"So what did you wish for," asked his father. Tyson shrugged and looked at Neo with love.
"Not much, I already have all I need," he said to his father while staring into Neo's eyes. Neo blushed and Tyson pulled her in for a kiss. Neo was taken by surprise but didn't pull away. Once Tyson pulled away, he turned his attention back to the cake in front of him. Neo grabbed her fork and pulled a piece cake towards her. Once everyone was done with the cake, they went to the living room for Tyson's presents. He got a new baseball glove and bat. He opened another one and pulled out a new DVD collection of his favourite shows. He got to Neo's present and was really excited. He tore off the paper and flipped the lid off of the box.
He pulled out the gloves and pulled them on. He clenched and unclenched his hands. He worked the leather for a couple of minutes. He turned to Neo and pulled her in for a hug. Neo returned the hug with a stray tear running down her cheek.
"Hey, in couple more months until you two can go to Signal," Tyson's mother said to the two kids. Tyson let go of Neo and looked into her eyes.
"So, ready to go to Signal," Tyson asked her. She nodded in compliance. He smiled and hugged her again.
'Let's go for a walk,' Neo said in Tyson's head. Tyson nodded and turned to his mom and dad.
"We're going for a walk," Tyson said to them. His dad nodded in acknowledgement.
"Don't stay out to late," his mother said. Neo and Tyson nodded and left out the door. Tyson wrapped his arm around Neo's waist and held her close to him. Neo wrapped her arms around him and leaned her head on his side. They walked for a could hours holding each other. Until Tyson was cracked on the back of the head. He let go of Neo and fell to the ground. He was woozy. He watched helplessly as Neo was being dragged away.
Neo was struggling against the two men that had her. She watched as Tyson tried to get to his feet but fell over. She felt so helpless being dragged away from her first boyfriend to show her true love. She finally gave up and let her head hang limp as she started to cry.
When Tyson finally got home, he fought back torrents of tears. He walked into his mother who was just about to walk out the door. As soon as he realized who he ran into, he hugged her tight and still fought back tears. His mother was completely taken by surprise.
"What happened Tyson," asked his mother. His response was to hug her even tighter. She knew something was wrong since Neo didn't come back with him.
"Some men took her," he finally cried out unable to stop the tears. His mother hugged him tight and tried to calm him down. His father walked into the living room to find his son crying. He rushed over to see what was wrong.
"What happened? Where's Neo," he asked. The mother looked at him with sad eyes.
"Neo was abducted," she said to him sadly. He wrapped them both in a hug in the hopes of trying to comfort them.
"I talk to the police and issue a missing person report," the father said and let go of them. He walked back to the kitchen and grabbed the phone. He phoned the police and told them of a missing person and gave Neo's description and how she was a mute. Tyson went up to Neo's room and sat on her bed. He went through his memories and readied himself for Signal. He was going to train hard and fight to find Neo. He made a promise to himself that he won't rest until he finds Neo safe and sound. He left her room and went to his room. He grabbed a pad of paper and a pencil to make designs for his weapons. Once he was done, he set aside the weapon design and climbed onto his bed. He entered dreams of him and Neo having good times together.