Run!

By: hashiba42

*note* I realize this is really short, and, as of right now, has no real plot. I just wrote it one afternoon to take up time, and I promise I'll write more on it, now that school's out and I've got time. In the meantime, I'd appreciate any feed back, positive or negative. Just let me know what you think and whether or not I should just stop.

"Run!"
"Huh?" Kale looked up from the television.

Katie came tearing past him faster than he'd ever seen her run in public. Seeing who was after her, he understood. He deftly stepped out of the way just as Ryo shot past.

"Get back here with that!"

The girl's reply was a maniacal giggle.

Kale shook his head and flopped out on the couch. Without warning, a hyperactive blur pounced on him.

"Oof!" He felt her slide something between his side and the cushions, then she was on her feet again, tearing upstairs.

"Kale! Which way?"

"I'm not gettin' involved…"

Growling, Ryo looked around and then pounded up the stairs.

"You're stuck if I catch you up here! There's no escape!"

"Whatever!"

Kale sank further into the cushions, hoping to be ignored. WHY had he agreed to stay home with these two?

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Hours later, Ryo sat pouting in his room. There was no way he was giving in to her demands… "You sure?" Came the taunt from outside his door. "I'm giving you one more chance…"

"Go away!" He yelled. "I'm not gonna do your chores for a week! And unlock my freakin' door!" He ran his fingers through his hair. He still wasn't sure how she'd managed to lock him into his own room.

"Your choice…" Her voice trailed off, and he heard her footsteps fading as she walked off.

He sighed with relief.

"Hey…" His head shot up. "Unlock the door!"

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"Welcome back, 'Nichan!" Katie pounced on Kento's back. "How was the arcade?"

"You shoulda seen me! I was doin' sooooo good on DDR."

Everyone else snickered.

"What? You guys think it's funny? I was!"

"Sure, Kento…" Sai patted him on the shoulder.

"Oh, look who's talkin'… You dance whiter than me!"

Kale had hopped out of his seat by now. "You guys left me here with those two maniacs for DDR!?!?!?! How could you?!"

"Poor baby… Look, we had a hard enough time prying Anubis off the Mortal Kombat, OK? We didn't need to drag you kicking and clawing off that machine."

"Besides," Sage chuckled, "somebody had to stay and keep these two from killing one another."

"Hey, I'd never KILL him… I'll just drive him criminally insane."

"Ryo, on the other hand, may not have so many qualms about killing you," Kale laughed. "Especially after today."

"So true…" she agreed thoughtfully.

"Say, where IS Ryo?"

Everyone looked around, then turned to look at Katie.

"What? He's probably up in his room. That's where he was last." She held up her hands as a sign of guiltlessness.

"Why does that voice frighten me?" Sage asked cautiously. "I'll go check on him."

A moment later, a muffled cry came from the direction of Ryo's room. Sage quickly returned.

"How the- I mean, what did you- How-"

She giggled.

From outside, there was a yell, followed by an odd sounding THUMP!

"That sounded like Ryo!" Everyone ran into the backyard.

*note* This isn't my first attempt at fanfiction by a longshot, but it's the only one that I could post, since everything else is still in the process of being typed. *sweatdrop*

Anyway, I hope you find some humor in it, and either way, please review! Even if it's flaming! (Just nothing too graphic ~_^) I hope to finish this fic soon and get all my others off of paper and onto my hard drive so I can post them too.