::On the way home::

"I can't wait to try on the clothes I got for school. I can't wait to meet some new guys at school." exclaims an excited Mina.

"Either can I.." agrees Lita.

"HEY!" Shuu (Kento) shouted to Lita. "How ya doin'?"

"Great, where did you come from?" Seiji joked.

"Shin (Sai) has home-made cookies, where do you think I'd be?"

"Hey Kento...What are you doing....?" Asked Lita.

"Sampling Sai's cooking..." Kento smirked, holding up a chocolate cookie. "No one cooks better than Sai."

"You want one?" Sai offered.

"Sure...Thanks..." they both take one.

"you Know Lita. You should make some your cookies." suggested Mina. "Because you know you make the best cookies no offence Sai!"

"No, You know Mina, You know that I don't make the best cookies."

"Lita...now don't be modest." teased Mina.

"It can't be, someone cooking better than Sai's?" Kento said, completely serious.

"Don't Believe a word she says Kento...Mina is just trying to make me look good...so one of you will be Impressed." explains Lita.

Ryo swallowed his bite. "Nope, I think I'll have to try it first." The others nodded in agreement. A sudden rumbling came and everyone looked up.

"No really you don't have to try my cooking.....I'm not that good like Mina says." exclaims Lita.

"Hey, what day is it?" Ryo asked.

"What do you mean by what day is it?" asks Lita.

"Is it a Tuesday, Thursday, or Sunday? IT'S IMPORTANT!"

"Why it is a Tuesday...why is it so important to know what day it is." Wonders Lita.

"Awa..........SHIT!!!!!!!!!" Ryo yelled. "I don't have the fucking money, so those shit-heads are going to kill me! I can't believe it, I'm about to get my ass handed to me on a fucking silver platter!"

"Must be bad, he doesn't usually swear this much," Rowan said, scratching his head.

"What Are you talking about Ryo?" asks Rei with concern because you know she like him (a lot).

"I promised Rajaa's gang I'd have their $100,000 by today, because today's Tuesday, $10,000 by Thursday, and $1,000 by Sunday," Ryo explained. "Now I'm gonna get killed cause I dicked around instead!"

"Bummer," Kento said.

"Oh Ryo what are you going to do? Are you seriously going to get killed by those guy...because if you are then I'm going too teach them not to mess around with my Friend." says a very angry Rei.

"No, you must leave, it's too dangerous..." Ryo said, taking Rei's hands.

"I can't leave you....what is something happen...I would never forgive my self for it...." commented Rei. "So are you still going out with Tabby this Saturday Night?"

"Yeah, so?" Ryo asked. The roar of motorcycles got closer and Ryo shouted out a warning. "EVERYONE, GET IN YOUR HOUSES! GET OFF THE STREETS! IF POSSIBLE, GET TO LINKIN PARK NOW!"

"Well Every body else can leave....But Im staying with you Ryo....Im going to help you fight." comments Rei.

"No you're not, you're coming with us," Seiji said, pulling Rei into a house and locking the door.

"Hey, Ryo, so you got the cash?" came a cool collective voice.

"No, I don't have the cash, but I'll give you that and the money you need on Thursday then, I promise," Ryo practically begged.

"No let me go Seiji, Ryo is going to need my Help, Let me go...!!!!!"gets away from Seiji by right hooking him in the face and then running over to Ryo's side Stands sort of behind Ryo but also so that she could be seen by those punks.

"Who's this?" the leader said.

"This is just a friend of mine," Ryo said casually. "Rei, meet Anubisu, Rajaa, Naaza, and Shuten."

"Hey...." replies Rei casually.

"She your girlfriend?" Rajaa asked. "Look like you'd make a great couple..."

"Back off Fruit Loop...what It to you if I am his girlfriend....I might be or I might not be."

"And the answer is....no," Ryo announced. "My girlfriend is currently Tabby Smith."

"We're just friends...at this time....by the way.......Ryo don't you have to get to the funeral in an hour. I'm really sorry gentlemen...Ryo has to be going...what ever he owes you will have to be paid off some other time. Come now Ryo...we have to get going...." says Rei very casually.

"Funeral? Who died?" Shuten asked.

"Yeah, who did die?" Ryo asked.

"RYO....THATS IT I GIVE UP WITH YOU...." Rei stomps off very angry.

"What's her problem?" Naaza asked. Ryo shrugged and waved goodbye to them as they left.

"That was close," Sai said, coming out from hiding. "Almost too close."

"Why did Rei have to do such an idiotic thing?" Seiji asked no one in particular.

"If you want to know...I was trying to help Ryo out here....but he is so stupid to see that....I don't even know why I even fell for....!!!! Well never mind it doesn't even matter what I did because He doesn't even know I exist in this world." says Rei, and just goes to her apartment with her clothes.

"I don't know what your problem is," Mimi said, catching up with Rei. "You don't have to make such a big deal out of it, he was handling it just fine on his own..."

"Well you don't have a problem with liking a guy for a long time and he still doesn't notice you after all this time then when you try to help him he doesn't even see what is laid before him sooooo clearly...." says Rei with tears in her eyes. "Just leave me alone for awhile."

"Don't say I haven't gone through that, because I have, we went that way for three years, maybe more, before I told him how I felt and he announced that he felt the same way, and we're still going out now."

" Well mines been longer and he still hasn't noticed me. I've tried everything to get his attention, but nothing has worked. You would think he would care about me in the same way. Once I thought he did because of they way he looked at me once. But maybe I was wrong about the whole thing, maybe I should just forget him and find someone else." states Rei very upset.

"Why don't you just tell him that you like him?" Mimi asked. "If you don't tell Ryo quick, Tabby's gonna get him to Linkin Park before you even blink. You've still got time, just go for it."

"Maybe your right, I'll go for it. Tell him to meet me at Linkin park this afternoon." says this then runs to her apartment to get ready. "Oh and thanks Mimi."

"No problem!" Mimi yelled after her.