False Hope with New Beginnings
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters once again! Oh but there is also another disclaimer I'd like to add. I us certain "quotes" and certain "lyrics" from a certain "game" that is also not mine and I'm just using it because that's what Ryuichi does when he's at Eiri's house. He plays a certain "game" that is not mine and I'd just like to point that out so no one sues me for that either. No characters mentioned in this chapter and in the "game" part are mine so please don't take my money! (which is nothing… ( :( )
Hello again! Amanda here. So here's the deal, we'll switch back and forth with who starts off the chapters each time. In other words, last time Tohma started the chapter off, now, it's Ryu's turn! So here we go! Chapter three of our story. Yay!
Chapter 3: Mixing Up Emotions
Bumpy, bumpy, bumpy! Why are plane landings so bumpy? What? What do you mean they have to be Kuma? Oh…that's true…ok. "We're here right Tohma?" The last time we got off we were still in America. San Diego, I think.
"Yes Ryu, we are here," he's already getting up. I don't think that's safe when a plane's still moving.
"Tohma! You're gunna get hurt standing up! You'll fall!" Right Kuma?
"No worries Ryu, we're not moving all that fast. I will not fall."
I sigh…why does Tohma have to be so stubborn. "Ok Tohma…" I guess I shouldn't yell at him. He's really worried about Eiri-san. I am too. It's not nice to lose someone so close…I know, I know Kuma. I should stop there. I sigh…again. And now we've stopped moving. I'll get up now. Let's see…pull on this and…POP! "Hehe…" I like that noise.
"Come on Ryu, we have to go get our stuff."
"Ok…" Time to find Eiri-san. I get up. I follow Tohma. Why is he so fast? He must mega, super worried. This isn't good Kuma. I can already tell it's going to be a loooong night.
Five minuets laterStuff, stuff, heavy stuff! And why is Tohma going so fast? I hate to complain Kuma but we've been walking around for a while. Wait…how are we going to get to the car anyway? …do we even have a car? "Tohma…do we even have a car?"
"Yes, we have to go pick it up right now."
"Ok, Tohma…" I quicken my pace. I wonder where we're going to look for Eiri-san first…I hope he's not outside though. I look up and see very un-shinny clouds covering the sun…this is definitely going to be an un-shinny day…
At Eiri's house"Eiri?" we walk into Eiri-san's house only to find it empty and cold. There are no lights and it's really dark.
I clutch Kumagaro closer to me. I hate the dark. It's so un-shinny with a capital "u."
I hear Tohma walking around the unlit house. He turns on a light. I breathe out from holding my breath.
"…I guess Eiri-san's not here Tohma," I watch him as he weaves in and out the rooms.
After coming out of one last door, he sighs and then looks over at me. "No, he is not, Ryu."
"Then Tohma and Ryu-chan will go find Eiri-san!" I smile with confidence at him. Tohma really needs it right now…I can see the worry on his face.
"I don't think we should both be going to look for Eiri, Ryu," he pauses for a second. "He might just be briefly out. He could come back."
"Then Kumagaro and Ryu-chan will go find him! Tohma should stay here and rest, na no da!"
"Actually Ryuichi, I think I should go look for Eiri."
"But Tohma looks tired, na no da! Tohma didn't sleep on the plane!"
"You know with Eiri gone somewhere I couldn't rest anyway."
"Uh…" I stop…ooh! Darn it! He always gets me! "Fine, na no da!" I pout, I don't like being stumped.
I hear Tohma sigh at me again. "Ryu, don't pout. It will be fine. You stay here and rest. Eiri might come back home and someone will need to be here, right?"
I'm still pouting. "…yes…"
"And I can trust you with that. Because I know you would call me the instant he walked in the door."
"…oh alright Tohma…" I turn back to him. "Kumagaro and Ryu-chan will stay here so if Eiri-san comes back, we can call you…"
He smiles at me. "Good, thank you Ryuichi," he turns to the door.
"But Tohma will come back in a while, right?" I stare at him. I'm concerned. It's raining really hard out there…
"Yes, of course I will Ryu. I'll call you too in a few hours whether I find him or not," he gets to the door and turns the handle. "See you later, Ryuichi," he goes out the door and I hear a car door open then shut as the engine starts and fades down the street.
I sigh as well. This isn't exactly how we planed today to go, huh Kuma? "First Sakano-san calls two days ago in New York, then the few minutes that I don't know what was going on, then…?" I pause. Kumagaro? What did happen after that? Oh yeah! I remember now! We went…
Flash BackVroom! Vroom! Bumpy, bumpy, goes the car on Judy-san's driveway! "Tohma…what are we doing at Judy-san's and K's house?"
"We're here for the finishing touches, so we can go to Japan," Tohma gets out and I follow.
"Oh, ok," I follow Tohma to the front door where right in the bars of the screen is an envelope that says "As planned Tohma"
Tohma takes it and opens it up to also find a note in side. I like notes!
"Tohma! I want to read it, na no da!" I snatch the letter and begin to read.
Tohma and Ryuichi,
Hey guys! . Sorry I missed you. There is a movie I'm working on right now. Thank goodness Claude contacted me before I left this morning. So here are the plane tickets the quickest ones we could get at such short notice not that they're not for today but it'll cost you 50 minute ohhh well.. sorry I couldn't chat.
Lots of love! .
Judy Winchester
I blink twice. Ok, that's simple I guess…Kumagaro…did you know women talk too much? I hand it back to Tohma who quickly scans it and then folds it, putting it back properly into the envelope. "We go now Tohma?"
He nods at me. "Yes, Ryuichi. We're going now."
"Yay! Back to Japan, na no da!" I run back to the car and watch as Tohma climbs in as well and starts up the car. I sigh. It's going to be a loooong ride to Japan…
Flash back endI'm laying on the couch in Eiri-san's living room. This is really the only place I feel like I can be…I don't like wondering people's houses when I'm not really invited. I wouldn't even be laying down actually, but…I'm tired.
My eyes are closed and I'm starting to fall into my dreams, but it bothers me that I keep hearing a ringing sound in them. Oh wait… "Oh!" I quickly get up. Ooh…dizzy, dizzy…but I shake it off and rush to the telephone. I wonder if it's Tohma already…
I pick up the receiver. "Hi, na no da!"
"…Hello? Umm…is Eiri there?"
"Oh! Mika-chan, na no da!" I smile. I like Mika-chan, she's shinny!
"Oh Hello, Ryuichi! How are you?
"I'm great, na no da! Never better! What about Mika-chan?"
"I'm a little worried, but other than that, I'm fine."
"Why is Mika-chan worried?"
"I've been trying to get a hold of Eiri all day. And he has either been ignoring me all till now, or has been gone all day."
"Oh…well Tohma's looking all over Tokyo right now, na no da! So don't worry Mika-chan. Tohma will find Eiri-san."
"Tohma's looking?"
"Uh-huh," I nod my head.
"…then I have no worries. I'm sure if anyone can find Eiri, it's Tohma"
"Yup!"
"Alright then Ryuichi. Talk to you later. You will call me when Tohma finds Eiri, won't you?"
"Of course Mika, na no da!"
"Thank you, Ryuichi. You take care."
"You too Mika!"
"I will. Bye."
"Bye, bye, na no da!" I hang up the phone. Mika's so nice most of the time. Though…she's been a little depressed…ever since Tohma and her got a divorce…I stretch and groan. "Ooh, that feels good, na no da…" I crack my neck. I must be getting old…I go over to the couch and sit back down, picking up Kumagaro. "What do you think, Kuma?"
He just stares at me…he's so mean sometimes! "Well fine Kuma! I won't tell you when you're getting old either!" …what do you mean that's ok?
"Hmph!" I put Kumagaro on the couch and turn away. "I'm mad at you now!"
He doesn't say a word.
"Fine…" as I'm looking away from Kuma, I'm looking around the room. It's quite empty and boring actually. Doesn't Eiri-san have anything that would be fun to play with? That's when I spot my savior from boredom or too much sleep. "PS2!"
I run over to the black box and TV. I wonder what kind of games there are…I look at a stack of video games and begin to look through them. Soul Calibur II…wee Spyro! …hmm…Final Fantasy X…X2…I gasp. "KINGDOM HEARTS!" I'm sooooooo playing this one! I scoot closer to the TV and turn on the PS2 pushing the little button that opens the disc holder thingy. I then put in perhaps one of the best vid games around and close the holder thing again.
"And you can't play Kuma!" I know that's mean but he's being mean too, so he gets a time out.
"Let's see," I grab the controller and push the "x" button for a new game. Yay! I get to see the fabulous video! …I wonder if it's in Japanese or English…
"I've been having these weird thoughts lately…""English!" Hmm…I wonder where Shuichi or Eiri-san got it?
"…Like is any of this real, or not?"
I always liked that question…because it's a good question…every time I look in the mirror, I feel the exact same way…is life real? Or is it a dream?
Ooh!I always did love this song…and the video is awesome. So surreal…that's how my life is sometimes.
You're getting me too many thingsLately you're all I need
You smiled at me and said,
I always wondered who was a pairing in this game…Riku and Sora…most definitely…it'd be strange if they weren't
Don't get me wrong I love youBut does that mean I have to meet your father?
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said "No
I don't think life is quite that simple"
I don't really like Kairi…she's kinda bossy…oh well…
When you walk awayYou don't here me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
This reminds me…so much of Youmi and me…so much…it hurts my heart to think about it…
Hold meWhatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
Nothing is like before…
Hold meWhatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
Ooh!
"……" I stare intently as Sora falls through the liquid darkness to the platform with Snow White and the doves fly of into the black horizon. I could really see this a hundred times over. It's the perfect beginning to a perfect story. A wonderful place to start Sora's journey through the winding paths of his heart and maybe even right now, the start of mine…
A few hours laterOk not good. I'm already in Hollow Bastion and I have not heard a word from Tohma…I'm a little scared now…I dare not look at the time…I sigh. "Oh well…I guess really shouldn't worry about Tohma too much," I mean…it is Tohma we're talking about here, right? I nod. "Right," even Kuma agrees. Ok then…
I go back to focusing. Trying to beat Riku without concentration is pretty hard…
"Finally! Yay I beat Riku! …again…" I've lost count how many times I've played this game…oh well. Every time I find something new or more hints as to why Riku and Sora just work so well as a couple. I shake my head. "Anyway…" there's actually a reason why I like this game more than the others…it's because it's story is easily related to. I mean…I don't have a key blade and I've never had to save the world but…I don't it's hard to think about I guess. But this game is like…a mirror of my life…so many problems, the lose of friends and the people close to you. It's all so true…hmm…I wonder if Tohma feels the same way about this game…he reminds me of a few characters in this…I have way too much time on my hands. At least…it keeps me from doing anything that might someone else or myself…like…Shuichi…speaking of; I go to get up and turn off the game till I hear the door open and right there I see Tohma and Eiri…my god…he looks-
"Shu…ichi?"
"What…?"
Owari
Whelp that's it for this chapter! Review please! I promise this time we got our thing fixed so people can actually review! Oh, and thanks to Queen Yuki for reviewing, that was really nice of you! Thanks, see you next time in Ryu's mind! .