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3 Prolouge 2- James Carlton
Aki ran through the large mansion pulling Saki, who laughed at her best friend's antics. 'Aki was always the quiet one' Saki thought with an amused smile.
"LILLY!!!!!!!" Aki kept yelling. She let go of Saki and yelled the name up the stairs loudly. Suddenly, a girl appeared at the balcony. Her damp strawberry blonde hair was swept up neatly in a bun and her green eyes matched her a bright green two-piece swimming suit she was wearing with a towel around her waist.
"What?!" yelled the girl. Aki looked up.
"Oh, There you are. Where's Cye? And Sage......Well he is probably in his room. But still! I want them to meet Sakura." Said the short brunette.
Lilly smiled at Sakura. "Sorry. She can be really loud. I'm Lilly. You must be Sakura..."
Sakura nodded. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you , Lilly." She said covering her ears as Aki ran up the stairs yelling 'CYE!!!' and 'SAGE!'. Rowen, Kento, Ryo, and White Blaze had come in from outside. The phone suddenly rang loudly and the 3 boys ran for it in the living room at the same time. After a bunch of rumbling and curses, Saki heard Rowen say, "Hello?" politely in his New York-ish accent. She smiled and began to think what she had gotten herself into.
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"Hello? Koji residence.....This is Hashiba speaking." Rowen said into the phone pushing his two friends off of him. Ryo and Kento got up, mumbling curses under their breath and left the room.
"Hello?" said a small voice on the other end. "Is Lilly available?"
"Yes.....Hold on Please...." Rowen placed the phone down on the table. "LILS! PHONE!"
"Got it!" She cried running down the stairs and into the living room. She picked up the phone and motioned for Rowen to go over to Cye (still in his bathing suit) and Sage, who were meeting Sakura.
"Moshi, Moshi, Kima speaking!" Lilly said formally into the phone.
"Lils! It's me James!!!!!!!" The girl voice said.
"Oh my gosh!! JAMES?!?!" Lilly screamed. She began jumping in place excitedly.
"Yeah, It's me. Hey, I'm in Toyama. Surprise!"
"That's great! Are you coming here?" Lilly asked.
"Actually…I am KINDA stuck at the rental car place. I can't rent a car......I don't think I have enough yen.........is that what it's called? Yen? Well, anyway, Can you pick me up? I don't get the currency to tell you the truth."
"Sure." Lilly stated, sympathetic to her friend. She knew how it felt to be an American on the other side of the world.
"Thanks!" said James, "I am at........ummm....hold on........Lusaka's Car Rental."
"OK," stated Lilly laughingly at the way her American friend pronounced 'Lusaka'
"See you!"
"Bye!"
They both hung up the phone and Lilly jumped into the other room. "Cye!!!! Can you drive me to Lusaka's Car Rental? My friend from America is here!" She said in a singsong voice.
"Another one?" Cye smiled as he began up the stairs. "Alright, but I really don't think I want to get seen by someone in my bathing suit."
"OK!" Lilly chirped happily. She bounced up the stairs, happily humming.
Sakura smiled. "Well, is this house always this interesting?" She asked openly.
Rowen shrugged. "Not really. Usually, it's just Akidi running around screaming she's bored, Ryo hanging upside down off the balcony right there, Cye and Lilly swimming, Kento training, me reading and Sage polishing swords. So really, you aren't missing anything." Sakura's smile got bigger.
"Well, anyway onto a much larger point. I'm rather lacking in a place to crash. You guys mind?" said Sakura asked with a hopeful look. Aki smiled.
"Yea, sure! You can crash in my room! Let's go get your stuff!" said the young Angildon, grabbing her friends arm once again and dragging her back outside. Rowen shook his head and sighed happily.
Ryo crossed his arms. "Wait! Where am I gonna sleep!?" said the Warrior of Virtue in a huff.
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"My dad's doing a building for the government in Tokyo and he figured it'd be a great 'bonding experience'" Sakura took her hands away from the shirt she was folding and up in quotations. "So naturally the second we get here, he dumps me at the first hotel he can find and you know that's how I wanna spend my summer. So, I decided to look up Rowen and surprise him by coming here for the summer," Sakura stated. "Aki, my dear, is an added bonus."
Rowen nodded and placed some of her shirts into the halfway empty drawer. Aki grabbed some socks and opened a drawer. She saw that all of it was Ryo's shirts and smiled. She yanked out about five of them and threw them on the floor. She jammed the socks in and slammed it shut. She then kicked the shirts to the door.
"Ryo can sleep in Cye and Kento's room. They should have room for him." She stated walking back over to her friend. Sakura unzipped her black suitcase. "Well, I hope Ryo doesn't mind. Hey, what is up with you two anyway, Aki? Ryo sure did get all worried when you started screaming. Are you and he…?" She trailed off making circles with her hands.
"Well, he's my boyfriend," Aki said sitting down beside Saki.
"Akidi Sasko has a boyfriend!! Oh my gosh! Poor Rowen, he doesn't have one does he." Saki stated playfully at the approaching Rowen, who smiled back sarcastically. "Do you need a hug?"
"I am working on that, thank you....." He said, idly throwing the lonely pair of socks at Saki. She gasped with mock offense. Rising to the jibe, she tossed a shirt at him. Rowen grabbed a pair of shorts and threw it back. Saki ducked and the jeans smacked Aki in the face. Aki picked up another shirt and threw it at Rowen who then exchanged with another pair of folded jeans. The battle began to get worse, the girls teaming up against the poor defenseless (and quite outnumbered) Rowen.
"HEY!!!! YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A MESS!" A male voice yelled over the screaming. They all stopped with clothes items in hand, to see Ryo, tapping his foot, with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Can't you put clothes away neatly, like everybody else?" said the black haired boy. All three teenagers looked at each other and smiled wickedly.
"Let's get him...." They all said at the same time, throwing clothes at him.
"AHHH!!" Ryo screamed loudly. He pulled off clothes and smiled. "Fine! Put clothes away in your own fashion." He left the room, oblivious to the fact of the bra hanging on his shoulder. Rowen busted out laughing first, half tempted to save his friend from the torment of going downstairs. The girls were trying to hold each other up due to the pain of laughter. They finally got a hold of themselves and began to clean up the mess, smiles still upon their faces.
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"Hey Sage, Kento, I think my girlfriend has taken over my room," Ryo began, heading out to the balcony. The bra still hung on his shoulder, not known to the wearer. Kento and Sage turned and looked at Ryo. Their eyes, both indigo and brown, got to the size of golf balls. They both smiled to each other. Sage nodded to Ryo.
"So, You and Aki be getting closer lately?" He said, much to the bewilderment of the Ronin Leader. Kento's smile got bigger.
"What?" Ryo stated, "What are you talking about Sage?" Kento opened his mouth to ask about "it" when Akidi came out on the balcony. She grabbed the bra off of Ryo's shoulder and waved it in his face.
"Thanks Ryo!" She chirped, jumping off into the dining area. Ryo stood with his face blushed as red as his collar shirt, in total shock, as Kento and Sage had their thoughts confirmed. Ryo then realized what the two meant.
"No guys, it's not what you think....Ro and A..." But he couldn't finish his sentence.
"Uh-huh. Come on Ryo....Admit it!" said the chubby teen moving to pat Ryo's shoulder in a 'Congratulations' manner.
"No, Guys...Really...."
Sage shook his head. He considered Ryo for a minute. He then walked into the house in a flurry. "I AM GONNA DIE A VIRGIN!" The blonde screamed at the top of his lungs.
Kento left Ryo on the balcony with a last pat and Ryo turned and yelled back to deaf ears. He looked down sadly and pouted.
"It was just a clothes fight......." He moped.
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"I don't see her." Lilly moaned as Cye pulled the van around to the side of the green car rental place. They had already driven around the large parking lot twice and still there was no sign of Lilly's friend.
"Are you certain we're at the right place?" Cye asked impatiently.
"Yes," the blonde girl replied. "Lusaka's Car Rental,"
"Alright," He sighed. "Once more around, but then I'm driving back to the house."
Just as he said the words, something strange caught his eye. A short caucasian girl was walking at top speed away from a dumpster. Every few paces, she looked over her shoulder, like she knew she was being followed.
"Lils?" He said nodding toward the girl.
The blonde's eyes widen and a smile burst across her face. "Let me out! Let me out!"
Cye stop the van and waited as Lilly unbuckled her seat belt and jumped out of the vehicle. He watched as the younger girl ran over to her friend, who was facing the other way still looking paranoid and slightly afraid. He heared Lilly call to her. James turned around with such force and quickness, the brittish man though he had gotten whiplash himself. Suddenly the fear melted from her face, replaced with a look of relief and happiness. The two shared a warm embrace and Lilly lead her back to the van.
"Oh my god! I'm so glad to see you!" Lilly cried as they climbed back into the jeep.
James nodded and brushed a piece of hair behind her cheek. "I am too. You have no idea."
"Hi," Cye began reaching back to shake her hand. "I'm Cye Mouri."
She took it and replied, "Jesmina Carlton. You can call me James. Practically everyone does."
"James then," Cye replied with a smile and turned backto the stering wheel.
"James was my best friend when I was a kid in California. I still can't believe you're here!" Lilly explained.
"Me neither to tell you the truth." James smiled nervously.
"Why are you here?" Lilly asked curiously.
"Uh…Vacation." Jamed replied with hesitation. "Just to get away from everything. Rebond with my best friend."
"Aw!" Lilly cried. "We are gonna have so much fun."
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"So what's fun around here?" Sakura asked walking into the living room with Rowen. She let her body fall on to the blue couch with the blue haired teen.
"I don't know," Rowen shrugged. "Chess, Go, swimming, walking. Mia's got a computer!"
Sakura sighed at her options. "Computers are so overrated."
"This," Rowen smirked. "From the girl who could speak Java and HTML before she could read."
"My mom has shoved computers down my throat enough in my eighteen years of existants. I'd like to get away from them, thank you very much." Sakura explained pulling her legs up into Rowen's lap. "How about shopping?"
"If you go into town," He replied taking her flip-flops off her feet and making them 'dance' on her legs.
Sakura laughed as her shoes did the can-can. "You're so weird."
"I thought I was being playful."
"Playful?" She answered. "Who are you and what have you done with my Rowen?"
Rowen laughed. "I can't help that I'm happy."
"Yeah, well I'm bored." Sakura sighed kicking her feet slightly. "Want me to kick your ass in chess?"
"Oh whatever." Rowen replied tossing her shoes to the side. "If I recall I usually did the ass kicking."
"If that's what you recall, my sweet Rowen," Sakura said with a smile. "You are delusional."
"We'll see about that." Rowen replied and pointed in the air. "To the battlefield of chess!"
Sakura laughed again. "Now I know you're not Rowen."
"A lot can change in 5 years, my dear Saki," He answered. "But I assure you my chess skills have not."
"Let's go then!" Sakura said sliding her feet off of him. "Prepare yourself for a painful defeat."
"You're on!" Rowen said and sprang up from the couch. "Race you upstairs!" The two sprinted out of the room.
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3 Prolouge 2- James Carlton
Aki ran through the large mansion pulling Saki, who laughed at her best friend's antics. 'Aki was always the quiet one' Saki thought with an amused smile.
"LILLY!!!!!!!" Aki kept yelling. She let go of Saki and yelled the name up the stairs loudly. Suddenly, a girl appeared at the balcony. Her damp strawberry blonde hair was swept up neatly in a bun and her green eyes matched her a bright green two-piece swimming suit she was wearing with a towel around her waist.
"What?!" yelled the girl. Aki looked up.
"Oh, There you are. Where's Cye? And Sage......Well he is probably in his room. But still! I want them to meet Sakura." Said the short brunette.
Lilly smiled at Sakura. "Sorry. She can be really loud. I'm Lilly. You must be Sakura..."
Sakura nodded. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you , Lilly." She said covering her ears as Aki ran up the stairs yelling 'CYE!!!' and 'SAGE!'. Rowen, Kento, Ryo, and White Blaze had come in from outside. The phone suddenly rang loudly and the 3 boys ran for it in the living room at the same time. After a bunch of rumbling and curses, Saki heard Rowen say, "Hello?" politely in his New York-ish accent. She smiled and began to think what she had gotten herself into.
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"Hello? Koji residence.....This is Hashiba speaking." Rowen said into the phone pushing his two friends off of him. Ryo and Kento got up, mumbling curses under their breath and left the room.
"Hello?" said a small voice on the other end. "Is Lilly available?"
"Yes.....Hold on Please...." Rowen placed the phone down on the table. "LILS! PHONE!"
"Got it!" She cried running down the stairs and into the living room. She picked up the phone and motioned for Rowen to go over to Cye (still in his bathing suit) and Sage, who were meeting Sakura.
"Moshi, Moshi, Kima speaking!" Lilly said formally into the phone.
"Lils! It's me James!!!!!!!" The girl voice said.
"Oh my gosh!! JAMES?!?!" Lilly screamed. She began jumping in place excitedly.
"Yeah, It's me. Hey, I'm in Toyama. Surprise!"
"That's great! Are you coming here?" Lilly asked.
"Actually…I am KINDA stuck at the rental car place. I can't rent a car......I don't think I have enough yen.........is that what it's called? Yen? Well, anyway, Can you pick me up? I don't get the currency to tell you the truth."
"Sure." Lilly stated, sympathetic to her friend. She knew how it felt to be an American on the other side of the world.
"Thanks!" said James, "I am at........ummm....hold on........Lusaka's Car Rental."
"OK," stated Lilly laughingly at the way her American friend pronounced 'Lusaka'
"See you!"
"Bye!"
They both hung up the phone and Lilly jumped into the other room. "Cye!!!! Can you drive me to Lusaka's Car Rental? My friend from America is here!" She said in a singsong voice.
"Another one?" Cye smiled as he began up the stairs. "Alright, but I really don't think I want to get seen by someone in my bathing suit."
"OK!" Lilly chirped happily. She bounced up the stairs, happily humming.
Sakura smiled. "Well, is this house always this interesting?" She asked openly.
Rowen shrugged. "Not really. Usually, it's just Akidi running around screaming she's bored, Ryo hanging upside down off the balcony right there, Cye and Lilly swimming, Kento training, me reading and Sage polishing swords. So really, you aren't missing anything." Sakura's smile got bigger.
"Well, anyway onto a much larger point. I'm rather lacking in a place to crash. You guys mind?" said Sakura asked with a hopeful look. Aki smiled.
"Yea, sure! You can crash in my room! Let's go get your stuff!" said the young Angildon, grabbing her friends arm once again and dragging her back outside. Rowen shook his head and sighed happily.
Ryo crossed his arms. "Wait! Where am I gonna sleep!?" said the Warrior of Virtue in a huff.
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"My dad's doing a building for the government in Tokyo and he figured it'd be a great 'bonding experience'" Sakura took her hands away from the shirt she was folding and up in quotations. "So naturally the second we get here, he dumps me at the first hotel he can find and you know that's how I wanna spend my summer. So, I decided to look up Rowen and surprise him by coming here for the summer," Sakura stated. "Aki, my dear, is an added bonus."
Rowen nodded and placed some of her shirts into the halfway empty drawer. Aki grabbed some socks and opened a drawer. She saw that all of it was Ryo's shirts and smiled. She yanked out about five of them and threw them on the floor. She jammed the socks in and slammed it shut. She then kicked the shirts to the door.
"Ryo can sleep in Cye and Kento's room. They should have room for him." She stated walking back over to her friend. Sakura unzipped her black suitcase. "Well, I hope Ryo doesn't mind. Hey, what is up with you two anyway, Aki? Ryo sure did get all worried when you started screaming. Are you and he…?" She trailed off making circles with her hands.
"Well, he's my boyfriend," Aki said sitting down beside Saki.
"Akidi Sasko has a boyfriend!! Oh my gosh! Poor Rowen, he doesn't have one does he." Saki stated playfully at the approaching Rowen, who smiled back sarcastically. "Do you need a hug?"
"I am working on that, thank you....." He said, idly throwing the lonely pair of socks at Saki. She gasped with mock offense. Rising to the jibe, she tossed a shirt at him. Rowen grabbed a pair of shorts and threw it back. Saki ducked and the jeans smacked Aki in the face. Aki picked up another shirt and threw it at Rowen who then exchanged with another pair of folded jeans. The battle began to get worse, the girls teaming up against the poor defenseless (and quite outnumbered) Rowen.
"HEY!!!! YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A MESS!" A male voice yelled over the screaming. They all stopped with clothes items in hand, to see Ryo, tapping his foot, with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Can't you put clothes away neatly, like everybody else?" said the black haired boy. All three teenagers looked at each other and smiled wickedly.
"Let's get him...." They all said at the same time, throwing clothes at him.
"AHHH!!" Ryo screamed loudly. He pulled off clothes and smiled. "Fine! Put clothes away in your own fashion." He left the room, oblivious to the fact of the bra hanging on his shoulder. Rowen busted out laughing first, half tempted to save his friend from the torment of going downstairs. The girls were trying to hold each other up due to the pain of laughter. They finally got a hold of themselves and began to clean up the mess, smiles still upon their faces.
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"Hey Sage, Kento, I think my girlfriend has taken over my room," Ryo began, heading out to the balcony. The bra still hung on his shoulder, not known to the wearer. Kento and Sage turned and looked at Ryo. Their eyes, both indigo and brown, got to the size of golf balls. They both smiled to each other. Sage nodded to Ryo.
"So, You and Aki be getting closer lately?" He said, much to the bewilderment of the Ronin Leader. Kento's smile got bigger.
"What?" Ryo stated, "What are you talking about Sage?" Kento opened his mouth to ask about "it" when Akidi came out on the balcony. She grabbed the bra off of Ryo's shoulder and waved it in his face.
"Thanks Ryo!" She chirped, jumping off into the dining area. Ryo stood with his face blushed as red as his collar shirt, in total shock, as Kento and Sage had their thoughts confirmed. Ryo then realized what the two meant.
"No guys, it's not what you think....Ro and A..." But he couldn't finish his sentence.
"Uh-huh. Come on Ryo....Admit it!" said the chubby teen moving to pat Ryo's shoulder in a 'Congratulations' manner.
"No, Guys...Really...."
Sage shook his head. He considered Ryo for a minute. He then walked into the house in a flurry. "I AM GONNA DIE A VIRGIN!" The blonde screamed at the top of his lungs.
Kento left Ryo on the balcony with a last pat and Ryo turned and yelled back to deaf ears. He looked down sadly and pouted.
"It was just a clothes fight......." He moped.
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"I don't see her." Lilly moaned as Cye pulled the van around to the side of the green car rental place. They had already driven around the large parking lot twice and still there was no sign of Lilly's friend.
"Are you certain we're at the right place?" Cye asked impatiently.
"Yes," the blonde girl replied. "Lusaka's Car Rental,"
"Alright," He sighed. "Once more around, but then I'm driving back to the house."
Just as he said the words, something strange caught his eye. A short caucasian girl was walking at top speed away from a dumpster. Every few paces, she looked over her shoulder, like she knew she was being followed.
"Lils?" He said nodding toward the girl.
The blonde's eyes widen and a smile burst across her face. "Let me out! Let me out!"
Cye stop the van and waited as Lilly unbuckled her seat belt and jumped out of the vehicle. He watched as the younger girl ran over to her friend, who was facing the other way still looking paranoid and slightly afraid. He heared Lilly call to her. James turned around with such force and quickness, the brittish man though he had gotten whiplash himself. Suddenly the fear melted from her face, replaced with a look of relief and happiness. The two shared a warm embrace and Lilly lead her back to the van.
"Oh my god! I'm so glad to see you!" Lilly cried as they climbed back into the jeep.
James nodded and brushed a piece of hair behind her cheek. "I am too. You have no idea."
"Hi," Cye began reaching back to shake her hand. "I'm Cye Mouri."
She took it and replied, "Jesmina Carlton. You can call me James. Practically everyone does."
"James then," Cye replied with a smile and turned backto the stering wheel.
"James was my best friend when I was a kid in California. I still can't believe you're here!" Lilly explained.
"Me neither to tell you the truth." James smiled nervously.
"Why are you here?" Lilly asked curiously.
"Uh…Vacation." Jamed replied with hesitation. "Just to get away from everything. Rebond with my best friend."
"Aw!" Lilly cried. "We are gonna have so much fun."
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"So what's fun around here?" Sakura asked walking into the living room with Rowen. She let her body fall on to the blue couch with the blue haired teen.
"I don't know," Rowen shrugged. "Chess, Go, swimming, walking. Mia's got a computer!"
Sakura sighed at her options. "Computers are so overrated."
"This," Rowen smirked. "From the girl who could speak Java and HTML before she could read."
"My mom has shoved computers down my throat enough in my eighteen years of existants. I'd like to get away from them, thank you very much." Sakura explained pulling her legs up into Rowen's lap. "How about shopping?"
"If you go into town," He replied taking her flip-flops off her feet and making them 'dance' on her legs.
Sakura laughed as her shoes did the can-can. "You're so weird."
"I thought I was being playful."
"Playful?" She answered. "Who are you and what have you done with my Rowen?"
Rowen laughed. "I can't help that I'm happy."
"Yeah, well I'm bored." Sakura sighed kicking her feet slightly. "Want me to kick your ass in chess?"
"Oh whatever." Rowen replied tossing her shoes to the side. "If I recall I usually did the ass kicking."
"If that's what you recall, my sweet Rowen," Sakura said with a smile. "You are delusional."
"We'll see about that." Rowen replied and pointed in the air. "To the battlefield of chess!"
Sakura laughed again. "Now I know you're not Rowen."
"A lot can change in 5 years, my dear Saki," He answered. "But I assure you my chess skills have not."
"Let's go then!" Sakura said sliding her feet off of him. "Prepare yourself for a painful defeat."
"You're on!" Rowen said and sprang up from the couch. "Race you upstairs!" The two sprinted out of the room.
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