Me:Hey everyone! Welcome back!
Conan:I have another riddle!
Rin:Aw! That's such a cute moment!
Tails:Huh?
Rin:Oh, I was just reading. Conan and Rachel have a-!
Me:Rin, no spoilers!
Tails:Is it cute?
Conan:Hey! I have a riddle!
Rin:Yes!
Me:Conan, what's the riddle? Rin, shut up!
Conan:A man is traveling to the center of a field. He knows once he gets there, he will die. Why?
Rin:Tails and I have no affiliation with this story
Tails:Angela does not own Case Closed, Sonic, or Chaos Wars.
Rin:Wow, I have no idea on this riddle.
Me:Let's begin!
Conan:Okay!
Tails:This riddle is hard!:(
Karate Kidnappings
Ch 3: First Gone
The morning dawn gave way to an ominous sky. Heavy winds yawned, whispering along the walls of every building that made up the Tokyo Karate Center. Somewhere in these winds, Rachel could be heard singing:
"Tomorrow's another day
So maybe I'll see you again
I wonder if you know
I wonder if you know
How much I miss you."
Conan, the only exception to the separate gender hotels, shielded his eyes from the rising sunlight as Rachel's song reached him. His heart sobbed and he rolled over to see Serena lying so that she took up the entire bed. Rachel was sitting on the edge of her bed and Conan had taken the floor futon. He had volunteered for it, not willing to allow Rachel to sleep on it, since Serena had called one of the two beds.
"Rachel," he yawned, grabbing his glasses "are you okay?"
"I'm...I'm just missing Jimmy, as usual. Conan, don't worry about my problems, you're a child and, for now, I'm you caretaker. It's not your-"
"Rachel, stop! When I ask you what's wrong, I know what I'm getting. I'm here for you, so don't play the child-caretaker card on me." Conan sighed, shaking his head, grabbing his clothes, and walking to the bathroom.
Seriously Rachel, don't be a baka. That's Richard's job, Conan thought to himself.
Rachel gasped, unable to comprehend why Conan just told her that. With near tears in his eyes no less. She woke Serena up and changed into her karate uniform. As Conan returned, Rachel and Serena were talking.
"That must have been awkward," murmured Serena.
"No, it was really sweet! He looked so serious and cute," Rachel responded.
"Who did?" asked Conan.
Serena burst into laughter and Rachel glared daggers at her.
"Damatte Serena! I was just talking about something Jimmy said one time, okay Conan?" asked Rachel.
"Oh okay," Conan responded, suspecting otherwise, but not really caring that much.
He had meant what he had said to her. He was glad to have told her so as well. Rachel grabbed the room key as Conan, Serena, and herself left the room. Then Rachel handed it to Conan.
"Here Conan, you have pockets," Rachel stated.
Conan smiled and put the key in his pocket. They soon arrived at the cafeteria building for breakfast.
"Gozaimasu everyone!" called Rachel
"Morning Rachel. Morning Conan and Serena," responded Lina-Mina grandly.
There were people from everywhere, whether Rachel, Conan, or Serena knew them all by name or not.
After breakfast, it was time for some practice matches, Joey was nervous as he prepared to take on Samuel. Joey had always lacked confidence and barely had the confidence to block Rachel, he had very nearly failed at that! When Joey lost, he stood by Marissa, close enough for their shoulders to touch.
"Get away from me you confidence-lacking slug!" shouted Marissa, shoving Joey away.
Joey turned red "S...s...sorry!"
Does he have a thing for her? wondered Conan.
Rachel took on and defeated Samuel. Samuel had been beating Rachel at first, with blows to the arms and side. During this, Conan and Serena had gotten super active as they cheered Rachel on. They got really loud as Rachel made her comeback with a spin kick and a body slam.
"Yeah! Beat him good!"cheered Serena.
"Wow, she's great," murmured Lina-Mina, Mary-Lynn, and Joey Saren
"Yeah! I knew you could do it!" cried Conan.
Rachel ran over and hugged Conan and Serena.
Marissa, Yin, and Samuel were scowling angrily. The next match up was Yin Chide and Lina-Mina. Yin Chide fought dirty, but Lina-Mina fought better with great skill. While ice packs were applied to the slight bruises on Rachel's arms and torso, Lina-Mina was destroying Yin, metaphorically. All was going great, until her ankle bent under and was sprained. Lina-Mina cried out in pain, passing Yin and falling down.
"Stand down Yin! Toro, go find our nurse!" called Sensei Mia Kaia.
"Lina!" cried Rachel.
"I'm okay, I just have sprained or twisted my ankle," breathed Lina-Mina, "I just can't get up."
Even now, Lina-Mina was her calm and quiet self.
"People are so annoying. At least I'm in existence or lives would suck," boasted Marissa.
"I think lives would be better if you didn't exist," muttered Serena.
Rachel giggled and Serena gave Conan a high-five.
"What are you laughing at?" asked Marissa snobbishly.
"Something almost as funny as your face," sassed Conan.
Conan quickly sputtered, as did Serena. Both burst into laughter at that instant.
"Conan! You can't say that!" cried Rachel, who couldn't stop a laugh from escaping her lips.
Marissa attempted to attack Conan, but Rachel blocked her. She kicked Marissa's side and punched her torso. Before it could go further, Rachel moved Serena and Conan with her, to the other end of the garden. Looking back, Conan saw Joey rushing to the scowling Marissa.
"Marissa!"
"Go away Joey! If I wanted your hopeless butt, I'd get it! Wait a sec..."
When Joey and Marissa caught up later, Joey was pale and sweaty, while Marissa was smirking. Everyone was sent to the relaxation building, which had several different rooms to prevent crowding, Rachel, Serena, Conan, Mary-Lynn, Samuel, Yin, Marissa, and Joey went to one room. The others scattered and the senseis went to the sensei-reserved room. Lina-Mina soon returned from the infirmary, assisted by the nurse. She was placed with Rachel's group, sitting in a chair. Mary-Lynn agreed to assist Lina-Mina, since their rooms were next door to one another. Lina-Mina wouldn't be moving much for about two days, the sprain was very minor. While everyone relaxed, Joey left for his hotel room and requested to be retrieved for lunch.
"So you won city championship, Rachel?" asked Lina-Mina.
Mary-Lynn and Lina-Mina were the only ones conversing with Conan, Rachel, and Serena. Yin and Samuel were talking boisterously. Marissa was reading nonchalantly and sipping water.
"Yeah," Rachel responded.
"You're great at karate. It's an honor to compete against you," Lina-Mina decided quietly.
"Thanks, you too," responded Rachel.
"You guys are all really good," admitted Serena
"The way you took Samuel down was so cool!" exclaimed Conan
The conversation went until lunch. Rachel and Conan left Serena with the others while they went to retrieve Joey. However, Joey couldn't be found at all, nowhere at all.
Joey Saren was missing.
Conan:Great, Joey disappeared. Now I have to find that guy. I can't believe he has a crush on Marissa! Gag me!
Me:Now Conan, you don't want to be gagged.
Tails:I'm almost positive he didn't want that literally.
Rin:Me too! Answer the riddle!
Conan:The man is traveling on a broken parachute, so he'll crash and die.
Me:Poor dude, see you all next time! If you've reviewed, check out review shout outs below!
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