Login 4: Hanging with Rei and Friends

I got a couple of funny (cough MortalSora cough cough) things for real life. This chapter starts online.

"Hey! Ryo-oki!" Blair called.

"Yeah?" Ryo-oki turned.

"I won a trip to Japan in an Otaku contest. You had to show how much you liked anime or manga somehow, and I won!"

"Really? Maybe we can meet somewhere. How about Ice Cream Chris's?"

"Where's that?"

"It's about 3 blocks from my house." Ryo-oki told him where it was. ((Since the ONLY place I know of in Japan is Tokyo, I'm not going to say where Ryo-oki lives.))

Blair grinned. "OK! I'll meet you there next week. I'll have to ditch Lance and Ren though."

"Why? They have a peanut butter fudge sundae. When you eat it, you can't talk for at least 10 minutes."

Blair laughed. "I like that idea! I wonder if I can leave them in Japan."

"I don't think Japan is ready for a copy of Godzilla in real life..."

Riku walked up to them. "I'll see you 2 there I guess. Want me to invite all of the people I know from online?"

"Yeah! It could be a party!"

Blair turned around. "I like that plan. I need to log off and pack. We're leaving soon, I think..." He logged off.

"Who DO you know offline Riku?" Ryo-oki asked.

"Sora and Kairi obviously. Then there's Tai. That's it."

"I can invite Kite and BlackRose, but they might be busy... I am NOT inviting Shugo." Ryo-oki logged off.

One Week Later...

Ryo-oki brushed her hair out. "Man... Why does my hair have to be so long? Oh yeah, I like it that way." She ran out of the door. "Later mom!"

"Say hi to that nice boy Rei for me." ((What's scary is the fact her mom thinks he's 'nice...'))

Ryo-oki rolled her eyes. 'My mom's only met Rei once, and she's saying he's nice...' She hurried to the ice cream shop.

Keiichiro greeted her. "What's up?" He asked.

Shugo sighed. "Why am I here again?"

"Because you wanted to meet Ryo-oki's friends." Keiichiro smiled.

Akira laughed. "Where is this guy anyway?"

A boy walked up to them. He had short dirty blonde hair and dark brown eyes. He had a black shirt with flames on it. He had navy blue cargo pants with black and white Nike shoes. ((What's Nike exactly? I seriously don't know!)) "You Ryo-oki?" He asked calmly. ((English in bold))

Ryo-oki nodded. "Blair, you look a lot like you do online!"

"I know. My real name's Tim. How'd you know it was me?"

"You're lucky I can speak English..." Ryo-oki laughed. "The fact that you didn't speak Japanese gave it away."

Shugo stared. "Um... I not speak English good."

Tim laughed. "You're lucky I can speak Japanese pretty well."

Keiichiro smiled. "'The World' translates everything that's said to the language spoken from where the person's accessing."

Shugo leaned back. "Where's everyone else?"

Rei ran in. "Sorry I'm late! Some annoying kids wouldn't leave me alone."

"You know, you sound like that guy Tim hangs around with online." A girl said calmly. She looked exactly like Ren from "The World."

"Yeah!" A boy agreed. ((English.)) He looked identical to the girl.

"Can you speak English?" Ryo-oki asked Rei.

"Yup. I'm lucky." Rei turned to the 2 kids. "Could you please not bug me?"

Tim stood up and went to the counter. "I'd like 2 peanut butter fudge sundaes." He told the person.

"Trying to shut someone up?" The man asked, scooping ice cream into 2 bowls.

"Yeah..." Tim answered, looking back at his brother and sister, who were arguing. He came back with the sundaes. "Eat these." He put them on a table next to the ones Ryo-oki and friends were at.

"Oh boy!" They shouted, grabbing the spoons Tim had. They started to shovel the ice cream in.

2 people ran in. "Sorry we're late Rei!" The boy panted.

"Same here." The girl agreed.

"No problem." Rei answered. He turned to Ryo-oki. "These 2 are Sora and Keiko, or better known as Sora and Kairi."

Sora smiled. He had dark brown hair that was short and stuck out in odd directions. "Yup. Nice to meet you."

The girl had reddish brown hair. "Same here."

"Did you dye your hair like that Keiko?" Tim asked.

"Yeah. I got it dyed like this about a year ago."

A van crashed into a parking space outside of the ice cream parlor. A man with stringy orange hair and 2 different color eyes stepped out of the car. He didn't have a right hand, but he was holding a Popsicle stick construction that looked like it next to where his hand should have been. "What's up?" He asked, looking at Rei with a grin.

"Who's he?" Ryo-oki whispered.

"He lives across the street from me."

"I finally found something to replace my hand!" The man laughed, holding up the Popsicle sticks.

"Um... OK..." Rei said, shaking his head.

The man turned to Shugo and grinned. "What's up?" He held the fake hand out to Shugo.

Shogo was too busy looking at the man's shirt, which was white with a demon picture on it. Under the demon, there was writing that said 'Samael.'

"What?" The man asked.

Shugo looked up. "Uh... Nice jacket." He said, trying to hide the fact he was figuring out what the shirt meant.

"Like it?" He took off the black jacket. There were 2 red wings colored on the back.

"Are you always such a bad driver?" The waitress walked up to the table. "Your little party assembled, or are you still waiting?"

"I'm sorry." Ryo-oki sighed. "Not everyone's here yet."

The waitress looked at the man with a disgusted look on her face. "Oh no. It's YOU." She whispered into Ryo-oki's ear. "Be careful. It's rumored he killed someone with a spork." She walked away.

"Killed someone with a spork? Is that true Mr.?"

"Yeah. I was sent to jail for it. That's what the rumor says anyway. There's another rumor that says I worship a demon named Samael."

Tim sighed. "I'm so glad Ali and Andrew can't speak Japanese. They'd think you were nuts..." Tim glanced at Ryo-oki. "Who else are we waiting for?"

"Uh... Mia, Ryu, and Tai."

Ryu rode up on a bike that looked like Cloud's motorcycle. ((Not my fault if you don't know who Cloud is. I don't know what the Motorcycle looks like either...)) "Sorry I'm late. I needed to finish customizing my bike."

Mia walked inside after him. "Woulda got here sooner, but my bike had a flat tire." She looked at the man, who was now chattering with Sora about cars. "Who're they?"

Ame burst in. "Don't start without me!" She said. "My boss the vampire wanted me to- to- CLEAN!"

Ryo-oki sighed. "We're still waiting for Tai to get here."

A boy in a red shirt with hair of the same shade walked in. You couldn't tell what he was thinking by looking into his calm green eyes. "Hey Rei." He said calmly.

Rei smiled. "Hi Kai! Okay! Time for introductions!" He said calmly. Ryo-oki helped introduce everyone.

"Who's he?" Kai asked calmly, pointing at the man. ((Kai is Tai. Not sure if you could tell.))

"I'm Kerchevskoinmoyvilnary Jane, but you can call me K.J. or Jane." K.J. smiled. "I'm Mortal online."

Kai glared. "Who invited the player killer?" He said, but there was no sign of feeling in his voice.

Ryo-oki stared. 'Wow... He's nothing like the Tai from online...' "Erm... You're Tai, right?'

"Yeah." Again, no feeling.

The waitress came up to them. "I see your little party has doubled in size. Joy. What do you guys want?"

"I'd like a banana peanut butter hot fudge sundae." Ryo-oki said without even thinking.

"That sounds good. Extra whip cream with mine!" Ame agreed. ((Yes, I know you with whip cream Kagome.))

"Same here!" Keiko smiled.

"I'd like a chocolate peanut butter milkshake." Ryu ordered.

Sora grinned. "Cookie Dough!"

Rei sighed. "Strawberry banana."

Tim looked at the waitress. "What would you suggest?"

"I personally like the banana split, but that's me." She shrugged.

"I'll take that."

"I'll take some chocolate." Kai leaned back against the chair.

"We'll take double fudge brownie!" Akira said, meaning Keiichiro and her.

"Chocolate chip." Shugo laughed.

"Same here." Mia glanced at K.J. expecting him to order something strange.

They weren't disappointed. "I'll take a pumpkin and banana peanut butter with caramel and fudge sprinkles." K.J. smiled. ((Hope I made the order strange enough MortalSora.))

The waitress rolled her eyes. "Should've guessed you'd pick something too gross for words." She walked away.

"What's with the eyes?" Kai asked K.J.

"I wear contacts." K.J. grinned darkly. "Why?"

"No reason. I just thought I saw someone who looked exactly like you at a Ballet studio."

"That was me! I'm training to be an acrobat!"

"What do you really do?"

"I'm a car salesman."

Kai rolled his eyes. "You drive that badly, yet you sell cars. Ironic."

The ice cream came. They all ate it and talked about things in real life and on "The World." Tim stood up when they were done. "I have to go. My mom said to get to the hotel by 8. Ali! Andrew! Come on!" He grabbed them. "Sorry I gotta leave. Wish I could stay longer. Bye!"

"What were you saying to your online girlfriend?" Ali teased.

"Yeah! What'd you say?"

"She's not my girlfriend!" Tim yelled. "She's a friend!" He chased after his brother and sister.

They all stood up. "Gotta go! Later!" Ame went outside.

"Same here." Sora and Keiko answered.

Ryu got on his bike. "See ya!"

Kai stood up. "Bye, I guess." He walked out of the door. ((Man... He's so unemotional... Oh wait, he's supposed to be that way...))

K.J. hopped into his van. "L47312!" ((Later in L33T.))

Mia looked behind her at Ryo-oki. "I have to go too. Bye."

"Shugo, see you at work." Keiichiro stood up and left with Akira.

Shugo glared. "Jeez. All he thinks about is me getting to work." He stomped out of the shop.

Rei turned to Ryo-oki. "Want me to walk you home?"

Ryo-oki blushed. "Yeah. OK..."

Hey! Of course, I'm still posting this. I'm working on it!