The next morning at Sage's house, the doorbell rings when the family is having lunch. "Go and get that will you dear," Kayura asks.
"Sure thing mom," Sage gets up from the dining room table and wipes his mouth on his napkin before going to the door. He tosses the napkin on the table and opens the door. "Hello?"
"Um…here," The mail guy hands Sage a piece of paper with a red stamp on it. The mail guy clears his throat, "By order of Mayor Yoshio, you are to meet him for an important meeting at two o'clock this evening." The mail guy holds out his hand, expecting a tip.
Sage looks at him with a blank expression, "Yes what is it?"
"A tip sir," the guy requests.
"Here's a tip, get a better job!" Sage cracks up, "No here." Sage reaches into his pocket and pulls out a five-dollar bill. "Here you go, have a nice day!"
"Thank you sir, you too," the guy turns to leave and Sage closes the door.
"Who was that, son?" Dais wonders.
"Well dad, it's an invitation from the Mayor for us to attend a meeting at two o'clock this evening."
"Oh dear did you hear that?" Dais turns to his wife Kayura, "Our good friend Yoshio wants to meet with us."
"Really, we haven't seen him in ages," remarked Kayura back.
"May I be excused from the table please?" Sage asks. His parents nod their heads; he gets up and goes to his room.
Before he could get completely out of sight his dad says, "Don't forget to make sure your pet gets plenty of exercise. He's been cooped up in your room all day."
"All right dad," Sage marches up to his room and enters. He looks in his closet and grabs a leash and jingles it around, "Here White Blaze. Come on boy it's time for your walk." The large white tiger runs from the bathroom with water trickling from his mouth. "Ewe, you've been in the toilet again haven't you. I'm gonna start locking that door when I'm not here." Sage ties the leash around his collar and they head out the front door. "Bye! I'll be back soon."
Outside White Blaze wags his tail from side to side, ready to get on with his walk. When Cye comes into view from down the street, "Hey cousin, how's it goin'?" Cye yells a few yards away.
"Cye, it's good to see you still in one piece," Sage joked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He's hoping to get an answer from Sage.
"Well you did get beat up pretty badly last time you were with White Blaze," Sage reminds Cye.
"Yeah, well that's only 'cause he was hungry and I just didn't feel like sharing my turkey sandwich." Cye continues, "So he just had to kick me off the chair with his hind legs, and I dropped my lunch." White Blaze strides up next to Cye and nuzzles him on his leg. "But I can't stay mad at this fuzz ball forever." Kento says while patting the tiger on the head.
Sage, White Blaze, and Cye head out and start walking. Cye is walking backward talking to Sage; "All I'm sayin' is that you don't need to do this."
"And why not?" He questions.
"Because it's not right. In fact I think it's illegal," answers Cye.
"Uh-huh…well screw you!" Sage yells defensively.
"There, that's it. I knew you could d—." Cye, not looking in front of him, bumps into a telephone pole. Sage lets out a little snicker, "Owww!" Cye rubs the back of his head in pain. "Why didn't you tell me about the stupid pole?"
"Because you were arguing with me," Cye gives Sage a puzzled stare. "Why would I tell you something to benefit your health when you're insulting my judgement."
Cye shakes his head understandingly, "Ohhhhhhh! I get it now." Cye turns around to see the pole and notices a flyer stapled to it, "What's this I see?" Cye gets a happy smile as he reads the paper to Sage, "A big costume party at 12345 Mt. Royal Court on Saturday, this week. $5.00 to get in. All who come can bring a friend, but they have to pay too."
"Ooooh a party, wonder who for."
"This ain't just any party. It's a flyer party. They post flyers all over the place and charge you to get in. They usually don't end until morning, and start at night. And I have a really good feeling about this one. My Party Sense is tingling."
"So by the look on your face, my guess is you're gonna go. Am I right?" Sage says.
"You're only half right. The paper says bring a friend," Cye looks pleadingly at Sage.
"And you expect me to go?" Sage thinks silently for awhile, "All right you've convinced me. And the good thing is that today is Saturday!" Sage looks down the street and sees a familiar girl coming towards him with a friend. "Let's hide!"
"Why?" Cye asks confused.
"Because here comes my girlfriend, Molly," Sage grins. "I don't want her to see us here." Sage drags Kento and White Blaze into a bush. Molly and her friend are passing by.
"So Melvin are you going to the party on Saturday?" Molly questions.
"I'm thinking about it Molly. But aren't you going with Sage?" Sage unknowingly grins in the bushes next to them.
"I'm gonna dump him. The only reason he's going out with me is so he can get some," Molly continues, "I need more in a relationship than just physical attraction, you know what I'm saying?"
"Sure Molly." Melvin answers uncertainly. Molly and Melvin continue their way down the street and leaves the spot where Sage, White Blaze, Cye are hiding.
They come out of the bushes, "Now I don't want to go to the party," Sage whines while brushing leaves off his shirt. "Molly's dumping me."
"And that's why you need to go, so you can find other girls better than Molly." Cye tries to cheer his cousin up, but it doesn't work.
"Molly is the best woman in my life, no one is better than her." Sage is still whining.
"Well you're coming to the party even if I have to drag you there myself." Cye's up in Sage's face, "You are gonna go there and meet some girls and talk to them and get one of them to be your new girlfriend." Concludes Cye rubbing his hands together. "Now let's go, we need to find us some costumes."