Chapter Two
Ryo pulled into the dojo parking lot and parked the red jeep in a spot close to the entrance. When he entered the building, he headed directly to the office where Mrs. Date could usually be found. Sure enough he found her sitting in front of the computer, entering data of some kind. He knocked softly on the door as not to frighten her, but to alert her to his presence. "Oh Ryo it's only you."
"Yeah, just me. I'm sorry that I didn't call first but I didn't want to risk one of the guys over hearing me."
Mrs. Date sighed, "You really need to tell them soon. You really don't have that much time left and they have a right as your friends to know."
"Yeah, I know." Ryo admitted as he ran his hand through his hair. " It's just that ..."
"You don't want to be a burden and you don't want their pity." Mrs. Date had heard this response or ones similar to it every time she brought up this conversation.
" You know, you're causing them more grief now because they can tell something is wrong but they just can't figure out what."
Ryo let out a small yelp," Damn it, they can tell!"
" Come on Ryo, give them a little credit. They aren't that dense, especially my Sage. You're twenty times weaker then you used to be, of course they're bound to notice a little."
"Yeah, you're right. I'm surprised that I've been able to.." All of the sudden Ryo clutched his chest and was consumed with a violent fit of coughing. He drew back the hand that he's been covering his mouth with to find it splattered with blood. Mrs. Date sighed a little as she helped him into a chair, then turned and began searching in her desk drawer until she found several medication containers. She opened them and took out several pills, which she handed to Ryo with a glass of water, who gratefully took them with a shaking hand.
"Oh Ryo, it's getting worse isn't it." He looked up at her concerned face, doing his best to hide his tremendous pain.
"Let's just say it's getting interesting." He winced slightly as another spasm of pain ripped through his body.
" Don't give me that." Mrs. Date scolded," For you to show just a minuscule amount of pain must mean that you are in a great deal of it. How can you manage to hide your pain so that even I, a doctor, can barely tell?"
He smiled," Practice."
"Oh, practice huh? If I had as much 'practice' as you, I'd probably be dead."
" You'd be surprised what you can live through." They both jumped slightly when someone knocked loudly on the door. It was Mr. Date.
"Hey, Ryo! How are ya?"
"I'm doin' all right."
"Hey that's great. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to steal my wife from you. Her class starts in about five minutes."
Mrs. Date laughed," Ok, Ok I'll be there in a second." She then turned and picked up the multiple pill bottles from her desk and handed them to Ryo.
"Hopefully that should last you a few weeks. Take it easy ok. What I saw today wasn't really.. a good... sign." She looked down at her feet wishing to herself that her observations wouldn't matter, that by some miracle, one of her son's best friends would some how live through all this. He smiled and gave her a little nod.
"My goal is to make it to August, my birthday. If I can do that then I'll be satisfied." She nodded and returned the smile. Though she wished with all her heart that he would achieve his goal, she doubted that even he could have enough strength to do it.
" Thank you again for all that you have done for me, and some how, some way I'll make it up to you."
" You can make it up to me tonight by telling the guys what's going on." He laughed slightly," You're never gonna leave me alone about this are you?" She shook her head 'no'. " Alright if it makes you happy, I'll tell them when I get home."
"You'd better and just to make sure that you will, I'll call the house in the morning and ask Sage if you did. Either way they'll find out and I think it will go over better if they find out from you." Damn it
"Ok, Ok, I'll see you later. Have fun with your next class."
"Alright smart ass, talk to you later." Her next class was composed of about two dozen rowdy 5-6 year olds and Ryo knew all to well what a handful they could be.
Mrs. Date watched Ryo walk down the hall toward the entrance as she thought, "How he can be this cheerful on the brink of death is beyond me. But then again that's Ryo for you."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Ryo pulled into the garage and cut the ignition. He had been gone about three hours. Damn it, I don't' want to bring this up now, but if I don't then they'll just find out tomorrow. Mrs. Date's right though, they'd rather hear it from me then her. Oh well, here we go.
Ryo opened the front door quickly so not to make much noise and closed it just as soundlessly. The house was silent and he smiled to himself thinking that he had lucked out and missed them. When he walked into the kitchen, however, he received a small shock in finding his four solemn faced teammates sitting around the table.
Who died? He wondered.
He then glanced down at the table and gulped. Oh, crap. Lying on its gleaming wooden surface were his multiple painkillers and the many stapled pages that made up his will.
"Um, hi."
~~~~~~Earlier that day~~~~~~~~~
Rowen, Sage, Cye, and Kento quietly opened the door that led into Ryo's bedroom.
"OK, I'll check the desk drawers." Cye said quietly. "Make sure to put everything back the way you found it so he won't notice we've been up here."
"Hey Cye?" Rowen whispered.
"Hmm...?"
"WHY THE HELL ARE WE WHISPERING!?!?!?!?!?!?"
"Hey guys look at this." Cye, Rowen and Kento turned to face Sage, who was standing by Ryo's bedside table. In his hands were several bottles of medication. Kento walked over to his side and took one of the containers.
"What the hell are these?" Sage shrugged as he tossed another of the bottles to Rowen," I have no idea, but they were prescribed to him by my mom."
Rowen sighed as he inspected the label, "They're painkillers. REALLY strong ones."
"But what could he need them for?" Cye wondered.
"Pain?" Kento replied sarcastically. Rowen glared at him as he strode across the room to the bedside table and began rummaging through its drawers. After a few minutes of shifting objects around, He withdrew several pieces of paper that had been stapled together. He scanned the contents of the first page with pained expression on his face. The others could just barely make out the words '.in the event of my death.' and a scribble that closely resembled Ryo's signature.
"Guys, we really need to talk to Ryo." * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Sage looked up from his glass of water. "So you want to explain what all this stuff is for?"
"Umm.... yeah, about that. I've been meaning to tell you guys about this but I just couldn't, um, find the right time." Rowen pushed a chair out from under the table with his foot. "Well, nows as good a time as any."
Ryo sighed, mentally preparing himself for the bombardment of questions, as he took a seat. "OK. What would you like to know?"
Cye rolled his eyes, "Don't give us that. Come on Ryo, we're your friends. All we want to know it the truth."
Ryo smiled. He was so tired and his multiple medications were beginning to wear off. He coughed a little and discovered the coppery taste of blood on his tongue. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, leaving a large smear of crimson. He flipped his hand over and showed his friends causing them to gasp in surprise.
"Wha..What the hell!?" Kento stammered.
"Um.. yeah. Could you pass me my stuff please?" Sage nodded and rolled the bottles down to Ryo, who bye now had begun shaking very badly. The others knew that when he shook like this it meant he was in a great deal of pain. After swallowing several pills, he sat back and smiled weakly, signaling them that he was ok.
Cye was the first to speak, " Why aren't we feeling any of this. I mean what happened to the link between our armors?"
"I found a way to block it or at least the part dealing with pain." His voice cracked slightly as another spasm of pain hit him. The others jumped up to help him but raised his hand to stop them.
"I'm fine. Just a little aftershock, that's all."
The nodded and sat back down, but the looks of intense worry on their faces only increased.
"What's causing this? What's wrong with you Ryo?"
The bearer of Wildfire sighed a little and took a small drink from his glass before simply stating," I'm dying."
Finally! It took me awhile 2 get this one typed so I hope u like it. Thanx 4 what feed back I did get but id appreciate more of it. I'll even take flames cause they help the writing process n a weird twisted way. Try and get the next chappies up here soon but schools startin here really quick so it might take a bit sry. Until next time,
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Ryo pulled into the dojo parking lot and parked the red jeep in a spot close to the entrance. When he entered the building, he headed directly to the office where Mrs. Date could usually be found. Sure enough he found her sitting in front of the computer, entering data of some kind. He knocked softly on the door as not to frighten her, but to alert her to his presence. "Oh Ryo it's only you."
"Yeah, just me. I'm sorry that I didn't call first but I didn't want to risk one of the guys over hearing me."
Mrs. Date sighed, "You really need to tell them soon. You really don't have that much time left and they have a right as your friends to know."
"Yeah, I know." Ryo admitted as he ran his hand through his hair. " It's just that ..."
"You don't want to be a burden and you don't want their pity." Mrs. Date had heard this response or ones similar to it every time she brought up this conversation.
" You know, you're causing them more grief now because they can tell something is wrong but they just can't figure out what."
Ryo let out a small yelp," Damn it, they can tell!"
" Come on Ryo, give them a little credit. They aren't that dense, especially my Sage. You're twenty times weaker then you used to be, of course they're bound to notice a little."
"Yeah, you're right. I'm surprised that I've been able to.." All of the sudden Ryo clutched his chest and was consumed with a violent fit of coughing. He drew back the hand that he's been covering his mouth with to find it splattered with blood. Mrs. Date sighed a little as she helped him into a chair, then turned and began searching in her desk drawer until she found several medication containers. She opened them and took out several pills, which she handed to Ryo with a glass of water, who gratefully took them with a shaking hand.
"Oh Ryo, it's getting worse isn't it." He looked up at her concerned face, doing his best to hide his tremendous pain.
"Let's just say it's getting interesting." He winced slightly as another spasm of pain ripped through his body.
" Don't give me that." Mrs. Date scolded," For you to show just a minuscule amount of pain must mean that you are in a great deal of it. How can you manage to hide your pain so that even I, a doctor, can barely tell?"
He smiled," Practice."
"Oh, practice huh? If I had as much 'practice' as you, I'd probably be dead."
" You'd be surprised what you can live through." They both jumped slightly when someone knocked loudly on the door. It was Mr. Date.
"Hey, Ryo! How are ya?"
"I'm doin' all right."
"Hey that's great. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to steal my wife from you. Her class starts in about five minutes."
Mrs. Date laughed," Ok, Ok I'll be there in a second." She then turned and picked up the multiple pill bottles from her desk and handed them to Ryo.
"Hopefully that should last you a few weeks. Take it easy ok. What I saw today wasn't really.. a good... sign." She looked down at her feet wishing to herself that her observations wouldn't matter, that by some miracle, one of her son's best friends would some how live through all this. He smiled and gave her a little nod.
"My goal is to make it to August, my birthday. If I can do that then I'll be satisfied." She nodded and returned the smile. Though she wished with all her heart that he would achieve his goal, she doubted that even he could have enough strength to do it.
" Thank you again for all that you have done for me, and some how, some way I'll make it up to you."
" You can make it up to me tonight by telling the guys what's going on." He laughed slightly," You're never gonna leave me alone about this are you?" She shook her head 'no'. " Alright if it makes you happy, I'll tell them when I get home."
"You'd better and just to make sure that you will, I'll call the house in the morning and ask Sage if you did. Either way they'll find out and I think it will go over better if they find out from you." Damn it
"Ok, Ok, I'll see you later. Have fun with your next class."
"Alright smart ass, talk to you later." Her next class was composed of about two dozen rowdy 5-6 year olds and Ryo knew all to well what a handful they could be.
Mrs. Date watched Ryo walk down the hall toward the entrance as she thought, "How he can be this cheerful on the brink of death is beyond me. But then again that's Ryo for you."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Ryo pulled into the garage and cut the ignition. He had been gone about three hours. Damn it, I don't' want to bring this up now, but if I don't then they'll just find out tomorrow. Mrs. Date's right though, they'd rather hear it from me then her. Oh well, here we go.
Ryo opened the front door quickly so not to make much noise and closed it just as soundlessly. The house was silent and he smiled to himself thinking that he had lucked out and missed them. When he walked into the kitchen, however, he received a small shock in finding his four solemn faced teammates sitting around the table.
Who died? He wondered.
He then glanced down at the table and gulped. Oh, crap. Lying on its gleaming wooden surface were his multiple painkillers and the many stapled pages that made up his will.
"Um, hi."
~~~~~~Earlier that day~~~~~~~~~
Rowen, Sage, Cye, and Kento quietly opened the door that led into Ryo's bedroom.
"OK, I'll check the desk drawers." Cye said quietly. "Make sure to put everything back the way you found it so he won't notice we've been up here."
"Hey Cye?" Rowen whispered.
"Hmm...?"
"WHY THE HELL ARE WE WHISPERING!?!?!?!?!?!?"
"Hey guys look at this." Cye, Rowen and Kento turned to face Sage, who was standing by Ryo's bedside table. In his hands were several bottles of medication. Kento walked over to his side and took one of the containers.
"What the hell are these?" Sage shrugged as he tossed another of the bottles to Rowen," I have no idea, but they were prescribed to him by my mom."
Rowen sighed as he inspected the label, "They're painkillers. REALLY strong ones."
"But what could he need them for?" Cye wondered.
"Pain?" Kento replied sarcastically. Rowen glared at him as he strode across the room to the bedside table and began rummaging through its drawers. After a few minutes of shifting objects around, He withdrew several pieces of paper that had been stapled together. He scanned the contents of the first page with pained expression on his face. The others could just barely make out the words '.in the event of my death.' and a scribble that closely resembled Ryo's signature.
"Guys, we really need to talk to Ryo." * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Sage looked up from his glass of water. "So you want to explain what all this stuff is for?"
"Umm.... yeah, about that. I've been meaning to tell you guys about this but I just couldn't, um, find the right time." Rowen pushed a chair out from under the table with his foot. "Well, nows as good a time as any."
Ryo sighed, mentally preparing himself for the bombardment of questions, as he took a seat. "OK. What would you like to know?"
Cye rolled his eyes, "Don't give us that. Come on Ryo, we're your friends. All we want to know it the truth."
Ryo smiled. He was so tired and his multiple medications were beginning to wear off. He coughed a little and discovered the coppery taste of blood on his tongue. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, leaving a large smear of crimson. He flipped his hand over and showed his friends causing them to gasp in surprise.
"Wha..What the hell!?" Kento stammered.
"Um.. yeah. Could you pass me my stuff please?" Sage nodded and rolled the bottles down to Ryo, who bye now had begun shaking very badly. The others knew that when he shook like this it meant he was in a great deal of pain. After swallowing several pills, he sat back and smiled weakly, signaling them that he was ok.
Cye was the first to speak, " Why aren't we feeling any of this. I mean what happened to the link between our armors?"
"I found a way to block it or at least the part dealing with pain." His voice cracked slightly as another spasm of pain hit him. The others jumped up to help him but raised his hand to stop them.
"I'm fine. Just a little aftershock, that's all."
The nodded and sat back down, but the looks of intense worry on their faces only increased.
"What's causing this? What's wrong with you Ryo?"
The bearer of Wildfire sighed a little and took a small drink from his glass before simply stating," I'm dying."
Finally! It took me awhile 2 get this one typed so I hope u like it. Thanx 4 what feed back I did get but id appreciate more of it. I'll even take flames cause they help the writing process n a weird twisted way. Try and get the next chappies up here soon but schools startin here really quick so it might take a bit sry. Until next time,
Boziegirl:P