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3: Kanji: Trust found
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Ryo, Kento, Mina and Cye traveled down the busy sidewalk of Toymua City, deciding to have a bit of fast-food dinner instead of their home-cooked meals. Cye of course hesitated, he didn't want to eat fattening foods then go home eat more food that weren't so fattening, go to bed with full stomach and have nonstop nightmares until morning. Mina ignored his desperate pleads, and dragged him along for the ride.
Kento let the dirty blonde pass him by while Ryo was busy warding off an elderly woman for knocking her over. Ryo ducked the purse that came swinging at his face, the elderly woman glowered at him raising her hand, with the purse ready to be swung once more. Ryo bolted from his spot running like the hounds of hell were on his heals.
Kento snickered as he watched the raven haired boy came up to his side, the dark-gray haired boy resumed his walking followed closely by Ryo who was rubbing his arm from being whacked by the old lady, man that smarts. He thought angrily looking behind him. "That old hag, wailed on you Ryo!" Kento laughed, holding his hand over his mouth like high-class woman. Ryo snorted kicking him in the shin.
Kento winced but didn't reach down to comfort his aching shin. Ryo smiled proudly as he picked us his pace, wanting to catch up with Mina and Cye, he wasn't gonna let his would-be girl fall from his sights, Kento raced after him when Ryo broke into a run, Mina had gone around the corner with Cye giggling like a highschoolgirl should. He rounded the corner only to watch the two enter a Japanese restaurant with cheerful expressions on their faces.
Ryo poked out of his chest making himself look broader than he appeared stomping across the ground ready to give Cye an unnecessary piece of his mind when a blur of four-legged figure came out of nowhere and pounced onto him, Ryo crashed to the ground chin first almost biting his tongue off, he managed to slip it behind his teeth before doing so, he groaned turning his head to gaze behind him.
A white tiger sat upon his back with an inquiring look on his face, as he kept Ryo was getting onto his feet. "Ah, white blaze c'mon, lemmie up!" The tiger-blue-eyed boy pleaded with his pet since he only 5-years old. White blaze snorted as he climbed of his master slowly, making sure Ryo made no sudden moves. The 17-year-old climbed to his feet dusting himself off quickly glaring at his pet-tiger when a shout of surprise startled him and White blaze.
He gazed upward from the tiger, finding Kento frozen in his place trembling like a leaf. "It's a firickkin' T-t-t-tiger, Ry-man! Run for you life!" He said in a panicked tone of voice. Ryo chuckled, this was very same reaction he got from people everytime White blazed followed him out to town.
White blaze of course understood why they afraid of him he was a tiger of course, people were afraid of tigers. "Kento-san, he's my tiger, his name's White blaze, he won't harm you," He said all at once raising his hands as if in defense.
Kento manage to pull himself together shakily walking toward Ryo on his tiptoes passing the white tiger, Ryo watched the bulky teen rush into the restaurant in a hurry. White blaze glance at Ryo with his brown-eyes, Ryo shrugged following after Kento with his pet trailing behind him. "I bet your hungry, White-blaze," He laughed softly, while White blaze snuggled against his leg purring loudly.
Mina sat beside Cye by the table near the window, with a several boxes of chicken-fried rice getting a nice view of the city's lights, and the starlit sky slightly, since the lights coming from large office-buildings, light-fixtures, and cars though she could faintly see the sparkling objects in the nightsky.
Cye held his chopsticks captive in his mouth watching Mina looking dreamily outside the window with a trancelike expression on her face, he slowly removed the chopsticks from his mouth going into his box chicken-fried rice before tapping her on the shoulder. Mina turned in his direction with questioning look upon her face. "Mina, aren't you going to eat your chicken-fried rice, before it's cold?" He asked stuffing his mouth with food.
Mina nodded grabbing her chopsticks, sticking them into her box, quickly shoving a large amount of food into her mouth chewing quickly as Ryo and Kento came over to sit with them, she watched the white tiger beside Ryo jumping in the center of the couch-like seat just as Kento slid onto the leather interior beside the window shaking slightly.
Ryo joined the two with sigh. "Uhh, Hi Mina," He said blushing. Mina nodded chewing her food, stuffing another bit of chicken fired rice into her mouth watching White-blaze. The tiger felt quiet relaxed around the girl and the brown-haired boy next to her, they seemed unafraid of him, which was a plus in his book. "White blaze likes you," Ryo commented patting his tiger.
Mina chuckled at the affection he was showing toward the huge house cat of a tiger. Ryo grabbed a box of food labeled 'shrimp-fried rice', opening it, White blaze removed the box from his grasp with his teeth wanting to eat it himself. Ryo glared at his pet, but let him have the shrimp fried rice anyway and grabbed himself another box.
Kento on the other hand had three boxes (in a total there were 7 boxes of carry out), of chicken fried rice eating out of all of them to his heart's contempt, Cye watched curiously as he put the last morsel of his 'dinner' into his mouth chewing it slowly wondering how Kento ate that fast without choking on it, though he never asked. "Hey, Kento you wanna slow down?" Ryo asked chewing his chicken. "You might choke."
Kento glanced briefly at the raven-haired boy, shaking his head, non-verbally saying he wouldn't coke on his food, Ryo shrugged, as he pushed White-blazes nose away from his dinner, his tiger whined slightly resting his head on his master's unoccupied arm. Mina pushed her empty carryout box away from her with a sigh. "I can't eat anymore, I'm full," Mina groaned leaning back in the chair.
Cye smiled as he put down his chopsticks closing his eyes, a throbbing pain began to form in his head, he placed his hand on the side of his head rubbing it trying to get the pain to subside. Ryo was soon wearing a confused look when he caught the pained expression on Cye's face, He leaned forward careful not to move the arm White blaze was lying on, and tapped the brown-haired boy's shoulder, Cye shrugged his finger off his shoulder now clutching his head as an unknown memory flooded his mind. He barely heard Mina calling his name, as he sank deeper into semi-unconsciousness.
A white armored figure came floating down with two swords in hand, Five other armored figures stood before it a few feet away ready to attack their enemy, the only problem was the white armor was empty, it's face guard was the only thing to give it an expression of some sort. Cye was standing atop of a flat surface where he was surrounded by black diamond formations, he noticed himself, Kento, Ryo and two others he didn't recognize at all in Red, light blue, Orange, Dark blue, and Green armor with an array of different weapons.
He watched himself raise a Trident and swirl of water form in the center in a circling motion. "Super wave smasher!" He cried, the Trident fried a huge title-wave at the white armor. It blocked it with its crossed swords and deflected the wave, sending it back in Cye's direction. Cye watched himself step back in horror as the title wave came back at him, smashing him in the chest directly. "Cye!" Ryo, Kento, and the other two boys cried out, as he crashed landed on the ground hard.......
"CYE MOURI!" Mina shouted. Cye turned toward his dirty-blonde friend with a questioning look. Kento swallowed his food watching his newfound friend curiously cocking an eyebrow as was Ryo. Cye glanced around in confusion recollecting his thoughts, remembering he was with his friends and not being attacked by an armored fiend, Mina waved her hand passed his face with a worried expression.
Cye shook his head as if it would rid him of the image he just saw with a forced smiled. "I'm sorry, I must have spaced out," He said with a chuckle. Ryo and Kento snorted, 'spaced out' was understatement of the year, Cye was more 'zoned out' than spaced out, like he wasn't even in the restaurant anymore. "Yeah, I'm sure you did, Cye-san," Ryo yawned stretching when White blaze raised his head from his arm.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm beat from Soccer practice, and I need to be getting home before my folks worry." Mina nodded pushing Cye out of his seat, the English-accented boy caught himself before falling, rising to his feet. Kento followed when White blaze climbed out after Ryo, he made sure his feet weren't anywhere near the tiger's tail. Cye followed after Mina, Kento and Ryo after place an unnecessary tip on the table, rushing out the door quickly after his friends.
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Rowen and Sage walked down the empty street of the neighborhood to his house silently, the only sound heard was the crickets in the bushes, and Satsuki's excited chattering toward the blue haired boy. Rowen smiled as her brother kept her hands away by moving his head ever chance he got. Satsuki made a face, pulling on her brother's hair that hid his right eye trying to reveal it to Rowen. "ARG! Satsuki, leave my hair alone!" Sage said irritably moving his head to side away from her grabby little fingers.
Satsuki giggled wrapping her arms around her brother's neck, affectionately resting her head on Sage's shoulder, the blonde sighed of relief as he picked up his pace to catch up with Rowen, who was lucky he was an only child. "Hey, Rowen, what's your house look like?" Sage asked with a wondering look on his face, bushing a stay strand of hair back into place. "Sorta like a Victorian house almost, but not as fancy," Rowen replied sleepily, rubbing his eye.
Satsuki spied on her brother and his friend with one eye trying to restrain herself from laughing at the curious look on her brother's face. Sage cocked his head to the side with a smirk. "Really?" He said with interest, while Rowen nodded. "He wasn't this talkative in school," The blue-haired boy thought rounding the corner.
The last time Ro checked, Sage was letting him do all the talking and barely saying anything at all, he just answered his questions like a programed robot. There was an uncomfortable silence wavering between them, when Satuski yawned tiredly snuggling Sage's neck. "I live on outskirts of Sendai," The blonde explained, getting Rowen's attention.
"My family owns a dojo, as well as a nice sized house beside it, if your wondering." Rowen stopped in his tracks, his family owns a dojo? "You wouldn't happen to be apart of the Date clan would you?" Rowen asked curiously. Sage glanced around nervously and nodded, Rowen almost fell of the curb of the side walk. Sage was descendent of the Date clan!? He surely didn't look it, though the 17-year-old sensed something familiar and oddly disturbing about the look in the blonde's violet unhidden eye, which could be sign that he is indeed a descent from the Date clan.
The only person he knew of in their family with a penetrating gaze much like the one Sage had, was Date Masamune, the one eyed dragon; a name given to him, since he indeed only had one eye. From what he read, one eye was plenty penetrating enough. A hand whipped passed his face, Rown snapped out of trance gazing upon the two blondes that were staring at him.
"Are you okay Mr. Rowen?" Satsuki asked blinking. Rowen's face paled for a moment thinking he had seen something green and glowing upon Sage's forehead but quickly regained his posture giving the little girl a weary smile. "I'm okay, I just was caught up in my thoughts is all," He said nervously, unable to hide his nervousness. "Wisdom," His mind thought. Sage sighed shaking his head.
"Your a space case Rowen-san. Ja ne," He mumbled resuming his walking in the opposite direction of Rowen's home, which was only a block away. Rowan brough himself out of his thoughts, raising his hand to Sage's retreating back. "Uhh, wait, Sage!" He cried, watching Satsuki's head turn in his direction. Sage turned around in question wondering what the blue-haired boy wanted this time. "Yes, Rowen?" He asked impatiently.
Rowen stood in his place silently for a brief moment trying to get whatever he had to say out of his throat. "Wou-would you like to stay over my house? By the time you get home, it'll be so late," He said in a matter of fact tone. Sage shrugged, not caring.
"I have plenty room, and you don't have the sleep on the couch, you can sleep in my mom's bedroom, she's out of town!" He tried again. Satsuki yawned again, with a tried and hungry look on her face. "Onii-san I'm hungry, and tired I wanna go home!" She whined loudly, pulling on his hair. The blonde cringed painfully at the tugging sensation he accepted Rowen's offer wearily following the blue-haired boy toward his home.
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When Cye got home, his sister Sayoko and his mother were in the living room with worried expressions on their faces, well his mother anyway. Sayoko's expression was more like bored out of her mind and she wanted to be someplace else rather than await for his return. The second he shut the door his mother was startled out of her thoughts, her hand shot up toward her chest as an indication of this. With her failing health Cye hoped he didn't cause anymore damage. Sayoko cocked an eyebrow at her brother but didn't move from her place on the couch whereas her mother did embracing Cye in a bearhug before she slapped him.
Cye was taken aback by the slap she had given him as he rested his left hand on his stinging cheek. "Mum, wh-what did I do?" He stammered, with tears brimming in his eyes. Mrs. Mouri's face was burning red with fury with her hand against her chest, Sayoko was a bit surprised herself when she watched her mother slap her brother, she usually knew her mother as nonviolent person much like Cye, so it was highly unusual to see her physically harm her or her brother.
"Do you know what time it is?!!" Mrs. Mouri cried trying to her best to control her temper. Cye stared at the hand-clock on the wall, squinting. "8:00pm?" He said timidly, getting slapped a second time. Sayoko winced this time, turning her head away from the moment before her. "NO! 10:46PM!" Mrs. Mouri shrieked. "That clock is broken!"
Cye's head lowered, not wanting to stare into his mother's ocean blue eyes any longer. "Mum I was out with my---," Mrs. Mouri had nothing more to say to her son, with a turn of her head in the opposite direction of her son, she sent him upstairs to his bedroom to think, though Cye saw that he did nothing wrong, if he had a watch he would probably be home before 10:00pm, which happened to be his curfew.
He shut his bedroom door quietly, dragging his feet across the floor. He flopped onto his bed with a frustrated sigh, the dark bedroom suited his now sour mood, he intuned himself with every nighttime sound outside his open window as the wind blew a hash cool breeze into the room.
Cye shuddered at the cool breeze, climbing off his bed he made his way over to the window when he saw something glimmering in the moonlight a light blue color in a birds nest one of the trees. intrigued by it's shinning he climbed out of the window slowly, his hand gripping the window ledge with his right hand, he reached out for the small shining object.
His fingertips lightly touched it, he realized it was small and round, he managed to roll it to the edge of the bird nest and grab it, he sighed as he opened his palm revealing a light blue orb with a symbol he could barely see imprinted onto it. He squinted to get a better look at it, Cye began to choke on the words as he tried to sound it out, he was a bit rusty on his Japanese.
"Tru-- us--t," He sounded out horribly, when he eyes widened. "Trust!" A sudden warm sensation on his forehead, Cye quickly climbed back into the bedroom shutting his window he headed over to his floor length mirror to check his forehead. There was something glowing brightly underneath his bangs. He placed his hand underneath his bangs, and smoothed them back.
The exact same symbol on the orb was glowing warmly on his forehead, his mouth hung open in shock. "What in the bloody hell...?" He didn't finish his sentence, the door to his bedroom opened hitting the wall behind it, startling him. Cye dropped the orb and turned to face his sister Sayoko who was holding a stick in her hand.
"Are you okay, little-niisan?" Sayoko asked stepping into the bedroom, shutting the door behind her. Cye looked at his feet, find the orb beside his foot, he quickly pushed the it under the mirror with a nervous smile on his face.
"I'm just-peachy why?" He asked quickly, moving toward his bed. Sayoko sighed dropping the stick, she made her way over to her younger brother with an exasperated look on her face, she kneeled in front of him. Cye shrunk back with an embarrassed look on his face, when she rested her head on his lap. "I thought, someone broke in is all," She replied, with a sigh. Cye chuckled, shaking his head at the 26-year-old.
"No, That was me, I kinda wanted to sneak out of the house, but decided against it," He said simply. "Don't tell mum." Sayoko nodded, positioning her head, her chin on his leg now, before rising from her kneeling position. Cye watched her with curiosity as she stared at his forehead intently. "You've got a Japanese symbol on your forehead, little-niisan," She said ever-so bluntly. Cye wore a fake surprised look upon his face pretending to wonder what she meant.
Sayoko pulled him off the bed with an annoyed groan guiding him toward the mirror. She stopped, ushering him in the middle where he could see his entire body and the glowing symbol on his forehead. "Do you see it?!" She exclaimed non-excitedly, before Cye shook his head. Sayoko sighed, shrugged.
"Oi, I'm so tried I'm seein' things now," Sayoko mumbled before she walked pass her brother, yawning goodnight. Cye nodded yawning himself, now, he made his way over to the bed, he glance around his bedroom tiredly wondering where the sudden chill had come from of all sudden when he jumped onto his bed with a loud flop. Cye laid sideways on his bed, pulling his pillow into his embrace snuggling his head into it, sleep to claimed him with no trouble.