Chapter Thirteen
Immediately after reading the letter, Kairi called the Metro City Police Department. They soon came to the dojo to investigate. Although the police were fully aware that this was all in the hands of Mad Gear, there was nothing that could be done.
At one point, Guy called his business partner in the west coast concerning the dojo. His partner suggested closing the dojo down for a couple days for the safety of their students.
When Rena heard this, she looked at him with worry. "What do you think is going to happen now?"
Guy shrugged. "I'm not sure. For now, the dojo will be closed for maybe a couple of days. Let me walk you home."
Rena nodded. "All right."
Guy and Rena walked back to her apartment. Before going in, they swapped phone numbers, knowing that they won't see each other again for at least couple of days.
Three Days Later...
"Great lunch," said Maki. "You know, I'm so glad that I finally quit that dumb job. To think I came all the way from Japan only to end up quitting…"
"Have you been looking for another job?" asked Rena.
"Yes I am. As a matter of fact, I have an interview in a couple of days. If I get this new secretary job, I'll be working from ten o'clock to five o'clock."
"Just like your big sister," Rena joked.
"Ha, ha," Maki replied. "Now, since we're both not working, what do you want to do now?"
Rena shrugged. Then, the phone suddenly rang.
"I got it!" Maki cried jumping out of her seat. She grabbed the portable phone from the kitchen counter and pressed the 'on' button.
"Hello? …Yes she's here." Maki raised the phone in the air and smiled. "It's Guy."
Rena got up and took the phone from Maki's hand. Before she could speak into it, Maki placed her chin on Rena's shoulder.
"Maki," Rena growled. "Why don't you watch Scooby-Doo on the Cartoon Network or something?"
Maki sighed. "Darn." Then she walked into her bedroom.
Once she was sure her sister was gone, Rena brought the phone up to her ear. "Guy?"
"Hey Rena, how are you?" Guy asked on the other side of the phone.
"Pretty good," Rena replied. "But since I'm off from work today, I'm stuck here with Maki."
Guy laughed. "Try living with two pigs. Heck, they don't even live here, but they're here any ways."
"You're mean!" Rena heard Cody cry out in the background.
"Yeah!" Kyle agreed.
Guy sighed and spoke to the Travers brothers. "What happened to your Scooby-Doo movie?"
Rena laughed remembering what she said to Maki a minute ago.
"Guy, we don't know what to do," said Kyle. "All we're watching is Scooby hiding and jumping around."
"Yeah," Cody said. "And it also says words like 'Play,' 'Special Features,' stuff like that."
Guy puts the phone down. "You morons, you're supposed to take the DVD remote and press the enter button to play the movie!"
"Oh!" Cody and Kyle cried out at the same time, but then started laughing. Cody gave Guy a thumb's up. "You're so smart, Guy! Thanks." Then, he and Kyle left the room, laughing even more.
Guy rolled his eyes, knowing that they were pulling his leg, and brought the phone back up to his ear. "Rena?"
"Yeah?"
"Sorry about that."
"It's okay. What are you doing now?"
Guy sighed. "I'm bored."
Rena smiled. "I have an idea! That new movie, 'Flames of a Dragon' comes out today."
"The one starring Fei Long?" Guy asked.
"Yup, that's the one."
"I almost forgot it came out today! According to the reviews, it's going to be a big hit."
Rena smiled. "So do you want to go see it with me?"
Guy smirked. Not only did she ask him to go somewhere, but he also loves hearing her sweet voice. "Sure. Do you want to see it tonight?"
"Definitely," Rena replied. "I'll see you then."
After seeing the most intense and exciting movie ever to hit theaters (at least to them), Guy and Rena made their way out of the movie theater, a bit disappointed that the movie was over.
"That was such a great movie!" Guy said with enthusiasm. "I loved the part when he fell off that building and just before you think he's a goner, he grabs on to the poll, slides down, and kicks the awaiting enemy right in the face!"
Rena laughed a little. "I loved the part when he was face to face with the main villain and the villain was like, 'Get ready to feel the wrath of death,' and Fei-Long was like, 'No...feel this!' and he kicks him in the stomach and sends him to the opposite wall!"
They both laughed. Guy looked at Rena with a smirk. He knew since he picked her up, but to him, she was more beautiful tonight in her cream-colored shirt, her black jacket, blue jeans, and tennis shoes. Her black hair was done in a French braid revealing more of her heart-shaped face.
Rena looks back at Guy. He was very good-looking with his white Tommy Hilfigure sweater with a blue and red strip across his chest, black leather jacket, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes.
As a matter of fact, both of their outfits seemed to match perfectly.
"So," Guy said. "What do you want to do now?"
Rena shrugged. "Well, I'm kind of in the mood for something hot to drink. How about we go to the café and get something."
"Sure," Guy replied.
The café was right across the street from where they were standing. Guy took Rena's hand into his. When the streets were cleared, they quickly ran across the street. Guy and Rena laughed a little knowing that if a police officer had been around, they would've received a ticket for J-walking.
They walk into the café. They were the only customers in the café since it was pretty late and the café would be closing in fifteen minutes. They order their drinks and took a seat in the table next to the window.
Rena let out a sigh. "It's been a few weeks since I moved here with Maki. I can't believe all of the things that happened already."
"Like what?" Guy asked.
"Well, I have a great job, met some great employees, including Nanase who lead me to meet more people...including you, the man who saved my life on my second day living here." Rena reached both of her hands out and took one of Guy's hands into hers. "I'm so glad that we met. You've been so nice to me and I love having you by my side. I...I like you, Guy."
After hearing this, Guy's heart seemed to light up with joy. He took one of Rena's hands, brought it up to his face, and kissed it. Then, he looked into her eyes.
"I like you too, Rena," he said. Then, for the first time, he cracked a real smile. "You've changed me ever since we met. You've brought me out of my shell. No one has managed to do that before."
Rena smiled back. They stare at each other as they continued to hold hands. Then, they hear someone say, "Excuse me?" Guy and Rena look up and saw one of the café workers standing over them. "We're going to be closing in five minutes."
"Okay," Guy said standing up. He and Rena cleaned up the table, threw out their garbage, and made their way out of the café.
Ten minutes later, they stood in front of Rena's apartment door.
"Well," said Guy. "I guess this is good bye again."
"Yeah," Rena replied feeling a little disappointed. "Hey, but at least we'll see each other after work tomorrow."
"True," Guy agreed. He then walked closer to Rena and wrapped his arms around her in a sweet embrace. Rena welcomed it and wrapped her arms around him as well. For a minute, they stay like this and Rena wished that this moment would last forever. She felt safe and well protected from harm.
Then, Guy moved his head so that the two of them would be face to face. They look into each other's eyes. Guy brought up a hand and placed it on her face. Rena replied by leaning her face into his hand a little.
Then, Guy began to lean his face towards her. Rena realized what was coming. She closes her eyes, leaned in, and parts her lips.
When their lips were just an inch away from touching, they hear a loud scream from within Rena's apartment.
They both snap their eyes opened.
"Maki!" Rena cried out. She quickly opened the door and she and Guy ran into the apartment, expecting Maki to be attacked by someone from Mad Gear.
Instead, they found Maki holding on to Kyle in front of the TV.
Maki looked up at Rena. "Hi Rena! You're back...and with Guy too!"
"Maki?" Rena asked. "Why were you screaming?"
"Oh, we're watching, 'Deep Blue Sea,'" said Kyle. "Maki got extremely frightened just now when the shark popped out from nowhere."
"Oh…" Rena replied.
Guy stood there, wanting to bang his head multiple times against the wall. Not only was Kyle around every time something goes wrong, but he had come very close to kissing Rena.
