WARNING!: This is my first attempt at a comedy story on my own. Most of the time, I have my lucky muse Kinky Typo there with me to help me on the idea of hilarious-ness. Umm.This might totally suck, or it might actually be good, but my muse will of course view this before I actually post it or something. ^.^

Disclaimer: Ok, I don't own any of the Ronins.I can only wish I did.*sigh* Haha, Well, here's to the greatest anime ever! ^.^

Shoplifting and Bacon

Cye sat slumped in the back seat of the car. It was all Mia's idea to get everyone out of the house after the morning's escapade. So now he sat crammed in with the other guys as they rode into town.

'Oh the joy' Cye thought as he looked out the window, thinking of how stupid this trip was gonna be. 'The mall, wooow, no one even likes to go to the mall but Mia! I mean, c'mon, GUYS don't shop!' Cye thought grimly as he shook his head.

"Soo, where do you guys wanna go when we get there?" Ryo asked from the front seat. Everyone could tell that Ryo was trying to keep the 'incident' from being mentioned. They were lucky enough to have finally gotten Cye back into his normal state, only, a little more quiet than normal.

"Umm, how about the food court first? I mean. . . we didn't exactly have breakfast you know." Kento asked with a hopeful tone. He was really looking forward to seeing that 'Aunt Bertha's House of Breakfast' sign glowing and ready for customers!

Cye sighed as everyone in the jeep lurched to the side while Mia took the sharp turn into the mall parking lot. "Well, here we are!" I know everyone's so excited to be here!" Mia said with a huge over-rated grin.

Everyone got out of the jeep, then turned to look at Cye, who still hadn't moved. "Awe, c'mon Cye! You need to get out, get your mind off of this morning!" Rowen yelled out to the slumped down Ronin.

Cye slowly turned his head to look at Rowen, his face slowly collapsed into a distraught helpless expression. His left eye slowly started to twitch and he began to sniff back the oncoming tears.

"ROWEN!!" The entire group yelled, knowing that it was all over now. But Kento saved the day! Just in the nick of time, he grabbed an abandoned bottle of soda, and 'dropped' it on Cye's lap. The sticky soda was everywhere! Just enough to completely side-track the depressed Ronin from his loss.

"Dammit Kento!! You're always so clumsy!!!" Cye jumped out of the Jeep and started shaking himself off. Mia locked up the Jeep and gave an awkward glance to Ryo as they headed toward the mall entrance.

The gang was headed back to the jeep, each Ronin equipped with about 5 shopping bags. As usual, Mia had maxed out, God knows how much stuff she bought . . . They piled it all into the available space in the jeep and even had to tie some of the bags to the top.

After they were all crammed in the jeep, they guys all laid back, happy to finally be able to sit down. The day hadn't slowed Mia down a bit. She climbed behind the wheel and still continued bubbly talking to the half-awake Ryo about her wonderful day of shopping.

"Oh darn! I need gas. . . Hmm, well! Guess we'll have to stop and get some!" Mia stated in her bubbly tone. Cye, who was still awake, rolled his eyes at the never-ending happiness of their bubbly hostess.

Mia pulled into the gas station and hopped out. Then she either hummed to herself, or was talking to herself, which it was, Cye didn't care, nor want to know. He just slumped down even further into the seat and wished he would disappear.

Cye looked around the jeep at the happy Ronins, then he decided to check out what was behind them, so he looked in the side-mirror to check it out. "Oh my God!!" Cye jerked forward at the sight reflected in the beautiful mirror.

He was determined to escape! He conjured up a plan to get over Sage, out the door, and close it without waking them up. 'YES!' Cye thought as he heard the door snap shut. He had made it! Now all he had to do was get across the road, and all his worries would be over!

Cye sneaked around to the back of the jeep, and peeked around to check on Mia. As usual, she was still humming to herself as she pumped the gas into the jeep. Then she began thinking out loud as she started to match up all her different clothes pieces.

Cye shook his head sadly, but nothing could break his mood! He had found heaven! The happy Ronin took off in his delighted path to never- ending peace. Not even a backward glance was considered as he began his journey. . . across the road.

Mia, still humming to herself, hopped back into the jeep and started it up. She sighed to herself as she looked around at all the peaceful Ronins, and Kento's occasional snore. Then, she noticed one thing wrong.

She grabbed Ryo and shook him furiously. "Ryo, Ryo, Ryo!" He squinted his eyes in half sleep as he slurred out a "What?!" He had finally fallen asleep and didn't exactly feel like being woken up for tales of what 'that horrible gas lady' said to her. Obviously, Mia and the counter lady didn't get along.
"What?!!" Ryo finally yelled out when Mia wouldn't stop shaking him. He looked at Mia's concerned face and realized that something was seriously wrong.

The other Ronin's in the back seat where just beginning to wake up after Ryo's outburst. Mia slowly glanced to the back seat and then back at Ryo. She then stated her query. "Where's. . . Cye?"

Final Notes:
Ok, yes, I finally finished the second chapter!! Woo! ^.^ Sorry it's taken so long, but I don't really have that many fans, so I hoped it'd be ok. Poor, poor Cye, if only he knew. . . and the others, wow, where in the world would he go?! ^.^ Haha, guess you'll find out in the next chappie! Plz review if you like it, it'd really help a lot! ^.^ Thanx a lot!
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