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Chapter 4 Ryo woke up in a soft bed. He sat up and looked around at the familiar room. I wonder what happened. He looked at the clock, 7:00 am. "Jeez why do I get up at this hour. School isn't till tomorrow." Ryo groans as he falls backward. "well i'm not getting back to sleep now." He gets out of bed, gets dressed, and goes downstairs to make some breakfast. It was really early so no one else was up. 'click, click, click.' ok. Let me correct myself. There is one person besides me up. It's probably Mia. The clicking noise came from the study so Ryo went that way. "Well, well, well, I caught you at the.." Ryo trailed off as he saw who was at the computer. "Sorry, I thought that you were Mia. She found a new poem in her grampa's files and I thought she had stayed up to decode it." "Nope," Rowen smiled as he looked at his friend. "just little ol me." "So, what ya doing?" Ryo came to stand behind Rowen to see the screen better. Rowen minimized whatever he was doing to the bottom bar so Ryo couldn't see. "hey!" "Are you sure your ok Ryo?" Rowen looked at his friend with concern and a tinge of a smile. "I mean yesterday some girl contacts us and tells us you were attacked and barely holding on for dear life. Then as we searched for you, you appear out of nowhere right in the backyard looking like you just took on Talpa again. Well your armor did, though you were just fine." Rowen seemed to have forgotten the computer, but when it beeped both boys jumped. Rowen looked at Ryo sheepishly. "ok, now you want to know what i'm doing even more don't you?" Ryo nodded and smiled a supposedly reassuring smile. Rowen knew he wouldn't be able to hide it from him. Sage had almost caught him when he went out to do his morning jog. "hmmm, then I'll make a deal with you. I'll tell you what has me up at this uncouth hour if you don't tell the other guys. Deal?" "Deal." Ryo watched as Rowen brought up a chat instant message. "this is RG. She's the friend that was having trouble with the chem. book. Do you remember?" "ya I remember. The look on everyone's faces when you said RG was a girl; that's when I left. I didn't want everyone mad at me for laughing. But why do you want me to keep her a secret? The guys already know about her." "well yes, they know she exists. But they don't know anything else." "oh. Ok, I see now. No prob." Ryo was about to leave the room but he turned back. "Rowen would you mind if I ask a couple questions about her?" "As long as no one but you and me know the answers." Rowen looked at the screen again. He starts to type. BB(Rowen)=hey rg brb, I have to talk to one of the guys that I live with. They found out about u. lol.= =no prob. Take your time ill be here.= Rowen looked back at Ryo, "shoot" "ok, for one what does RG mean?? Is that the full name or is it an abbreviation? "it's an abbreviation. Though the full name isn't long ether. It's easier to have a two letter name than a seven letter name." Rowen got this very suspicious grin on his face. "Rowen, are you ok? "Ya fine, why?" "you have this weird grin on your face and your not telling me anything." "haha. This is funny. Her screen name is Ryosgrl." Ryo gives Rowen the funniest look of confusion, surprise, and disbelief that Rowen starts to laugh. "no, why...why would anyone ." Ryo looked at the screen then back at Rowen who is laughing so hard from Ryo's reaction, that he accidentally tips the chair over. He's still laughing; Ryo takes advantage of the opening. =hey RG you there= =ya, that was short bb= =i'm not bb. I'm his friend, the one he had to talk to.= =oh, hello= =what's your full screen name?= =Ryosgrl, why?= =well, my names Ryo= =lol. What happened to bb Ryo?= =oh nothing serious. He was laughing so hard from my reaction that the chair got tipped over.= =I don't understand. What has that got to do with bb?= =he was in the chair when it tipped over.= =lol. Well, Ryo, how are u?= =I'm good. Oh, just a question.= =go ahead.= =what does bb mean?= Rowen was starting to get over his laughing. "Ryo what are you doing?" Rowen got out between gasps for air. =blue boy= "talking to RG." Ryo gave Ro a smile that could beat the Cheshire cat's grin. Then he turned back to the screen. "WHAT?!!!" Ro tried to get up to stop him but he was too tangled with the chair. Ryo started laughing really hard. =this is way too funny!= =what's bb doing now?= =when I told him that I was talking to u he freaked. But he couldn't get up because of the chair. Also his screen name 'blue boy' is a nickname we gave him. But he hates it when we use it. Lol= "Ryo!!!" Rowen took the keyboard away. "what?! haha!" Rowen gave Ryo a dirty look, but that only made Ryo laugh harder. "Ryo, leave! And don't tell anyone." Ro turned his chair up right and put the keyboard on the desk after Ryo had left. =sorry= =now, which of u is this?= =bb= Rowen thought about Ryo. He's never going to let me down for this. =kewl, u want to keep going with our debate?= =sure!= A couple hours later. =oops! Sorry, got to get off.= =what? why?= Rowen was having fun. =mom has this 'so many hours a day' thing with the Internet. Sorry, my time just ran out.= =oh well. I'll talk to u tomorrow after school ok?= =that depends, are u going to Han'a High this year?= =ya, how'd u know?= Ro didn't remember telling her anything about what school he went to. =I got it off your picture. You were wearing your school uniform. Which had an insignia on the jacket pocket.= =oh= Rowen smiled ruefully. =well then, why don't u come to the library during lunch. I'm helping out there. It's one of the only classes I need to graduate.= =wait, what grade are you in?= =senior 12th, why?= =then were in the same grade. But why do you have so little an amount of classes?= Rowen was definitely confused. =oh, that. It's sorta complicated. but will you come?= =sure, ill be there. I normally eat with my friends but if i'm not there with them in the cafeteria then i'm in the library.= =kewl. Yikes!! Better get off now.= =why?= =my older brother is threatening to tickle me to death if I don't get off. g2g, bye= RG logged off and so did Rowen and he went to the dinning room to get some breakfast. As he walked into the dinning room three heads turned to look at him. Ryo then continued eating but Sage and Kento just kept staring at Rowen, not believing their eyes. Then Cye came into the room, not noticing Rowen in the doorway. "well, who gets to wake sleeping beauty today? And i'm not doing it." Cye sat down with his back to me, then looked up when he got no response. When he saw Sage and Kento staring he turned to see what had caught their attention. The expression on Cye's face when he saw me was as equally comical as the other's faces. I tried not to laugh but I had to smile. I sat down next to Ryo, grabbed some pancakes, and looked at the three stunned boys, "good morning. Your food is gonna get cold if you don't eat it soon." I started to eat my pancakes when Ryo made a choking sound. I could tell he was trying to keep back laughter . Cye, Kento, and Sage snapped out of their trances and started eating. * * * * * after breakfast the guys did some training and sparing to keep in shape. Ryo still hadn't told his side of the story, so all they had to go on were their own thoughts. Ryo wondered when they would snap. He could see their curiosity eating them alive and he didn't know what he would tell them. He didn't even want to say anything. Finally as they were practicing Kento broke first. "hey Ryo, (punch) what happened (punch/kick) out there buddy?" as Ryo tried to formulate an answer the rest slowly started to loose interest in the sparring and walked over to where Ryo and Kento were. Ryo sighed. "not right now Kento, sorry. I just want to think about it for a while. I don't understand some of what happened myself." Ryo turned abruptly and walked back into the house. "wow, I don't think i've seen Ryo this confused since the first time we got rid of Talpa." Sage looked around him. "guys I'm going to go meditate for awhile. I'll be back before lunch time." "you better," Cye smiled, then smirked at Sage, "otherwise there might not be anything left!" Rowen, Cye, and Sage laughed and as Sage left the backyard he could hear Kento yelling at Cye. And presumably chasing him around the yard.

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thanks for the review RedFlame I tried not to make it as confusing as last time. But I hope u liked it. Oh and other peeps out there please review. I like the input but i'm not going to make u. well JaNe. Akoya