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Breakdown
It has been a couple of days since Rika's unbelievable attack, and now she has fully recovered except for a few bandages on her arms and legs. Her mom hired a few body guards; male and female just in case. The rest of the Tamers tried to find the culprit, R.A.F.A.R., but couldn't.
"It's like they disappeared or something," said Henry, looking out the window, and gazing with great intensity.
"Maybe, but they could still be here, planning another devious plot," answered Takato logically.
"Well, anyway, Diane hasn't been in school since the incident, and why would she attack Rika?" asked Jeri with concern in her eyes.
"Isn't it obvious? She knows me and Rika are very close friends, and she attacked Rika because she's jealous! Diane wanted to get my attention!" stated Kazu triumphantly.
"Get real! She only attacked Rika because she wanted Ryo! DUH!" exclaimed Alice, getting frustrated with Kazu's fantasy.
"Well, it could happen! A boy can dream, can't he?!" grumbled Kazu.
Footsteps were heard, and the Tamers noticed Rika was walking their way, so they stopped their investigation from going any further.
"Hey guys. What's going on?" asked Rika, even though she knew they were talking about her.
"Huh? Oh, we're just discussing… how books were made!" said Jeri frantically, stumbling over a few words.
"Books?" thought everyone. "Now, that's one for the record for lame excuses."
"Yeah…so where's the other idiot?" asked Rika, searching for Kazu's little partner in crime, Kenta.
"Umm… he had some business to attend! He needed to wax the toilet seats for his punishment for replacing the cafeteria food with tapeworms!" said Takato, panting afterwards for his long statement.
"Whatever, I'm leaving," said Rika, and went in the classroom.
Everyone else just watched Rika go inside, and they continued their little conversation.
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"Stay alert. Stay silent. Stay calm. Oh whatever! I'm just going in!" thought Kenta. Kenta was assigned to be a spy, and search for the little meeting place of R.A.F.A.R. The Tamers, even though they couldn't find them, but heard they had little meetings on specific days at the park, skipping school at the process. Unbeknownst to Kenta was the fact that somebody was following him, watching him from a safe distance in the trees to camouflage his appearance.
The person that was following Kenta, skidded down the tree, and hurried to another place, informing his sister, Diane.
"Diane! Diane!" shouted Kin, once he reached his destination.
"Huh? What is it?! The rest of the girls aren't here yet!" said Diane, who had just got there.
"One of Rika's little friends is here. Probably trying to find some dirt on you to get you busted," said Kin with an evil glare, staring at his sister.
"What?! What are we gonna do?" asked Diane with a worried look.
"Don't worry. Let's start phase one of Mind Games," said Kin with a sly grin.
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"Hey girls, I just got another perfect idea on how to get Ryo!" said Diane.
"Really?! How?!" exclaimed the rest of the girls, getting excited and anxious to hear their leader's devious plot.
"Well….," started Diane slowly, looking at Kin, hiding behind the trees to inform her when Kenta was arriving.
"Man, I knew I should've worn longer sleeves!" thought Kenta angrily, getting some scraps on his arms. Then, he heard voices coming closer and louder. "All right! I found them! Just need to listen, write it down, and lay low," thought Kenta, thinking it was as simple as that, but it wasn't. Kin nodded, and with that as the signal, Diane started to talk about her plan to the others.
"Since Rika is now our number one enemy, we have to permanently get rid of her. We'll have her expelled from school, by making believe that she set the school on fire! I'm coming back to school tomorrow, bringing gasoline and a lighter to school. I'll put on a disguise, making me look like Rika!" exclaimed Diane, with her hands clasped together, like an evil professor pondering about his next victim.
The rest of the girls kinda looked frightened, with a worried look on their pale faces. Then one spoke up- Casey. "Ah…Diane, don't you think you're going a little overboard? Okay, maybe a lot! I think, or maybe WE think you should cut it down a bit," said Casey, gazing straight into Diane's eyes.
"Oh, man! Diane is going to burn down the school! That's great! What am I thinking? She's gonna get Rika expelled! On second thought, Rika wouldn't kick my ass! Oh, whatever! I still gotta tell the guys!" thought Kenta, hurrying back to school.
Kin nodded back to Diane, signaling that Kenta has left.
"Sorry, you guys. That was all a fake! I only did that just to fool some little spy that wanted to get some dirt on us!" said Diane, reassuring her comrades.
"Really?!" asked everyone, even though it sounded so convincing, and terrifying for that matter.
"Yeah," said Kin, as he came out from behind the bushes and trees.
"Oh, then what's the real plan?" asked Casey, being calm now.
"Setting the school on fire, of course!" said Diane positively.
"WHAT?! But I thought that was a fake?!" shouted Casey, getting worried about her friend's brain.
"I said tomorrow I was gonna come back, but it's gonna be the day after tomorrow. When that little spy announces that I'm coming to school tomorrow, everyone will be waiting, but I won't be there. Afterwards, on the real day, I'll dress up as Rika before school starts, and set the school on fire! Perfect, no?" said Diane, after her outrageous scheme was announced.
"Well, even if you begged me Diane, I will NEVER agree to those terms! You are way over your head today! It's enough that you treat me like trash, but just to get Ryo? I'm leaving!" said Casey, and she left without second thoughts.
"Oh, and by the way, I think I'm keeping the sweater you let me borrowed," retorted Casey as the final remark.
Diane stood there angrily and said, "WELL? Aren't the rest of you guys gonna leave?" "And if you do, you'll regret it!"
The rest of the girls just shook their heads, and didn't retort back. The reason was that Diane's father is the general for Japan's army, and her mother is Secretary of State in America. Both showed no mercy to their victims, even if they are innocent victims. One time, one guy spitted on Diane's shoe, and didn't apologize. So, Diane got her father, and sent that guy to jail, no matter what the circumstances.
"Good. That's what I like to see," said Diane, grinning from one ear to ear.
"Time for phase two," said Kin, enjoying this every minute. He didn't care about Rika that much, but it was so much fun to be evil, to be shrouded in darkness.
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"You guys! Hey, you guys!" shouted Kenta, panting every second.
"Kenta! Did you find them? What did they say?" asked Takato, getting impatient.
"Yeah! You wouldn't believe what they said!" replied Kenta, and everyone listened to Kenta, each shocked to hear such a thing.
"Let's go tell the principal about this, and maybe the police. Kazu, go find Ryo, since you practically have his entire schedule memorized," said Henry, knowing it was better to send Kazu since nobody knew what Ryo's classes were except for Kenta and Kazu.
"I'm on it!" said Kazu, saluting to Henry.
"Come on, we have to tell Rika too," said Takato, and with that, they left.
Unbeknownst to them, someone else was listening.
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Ryo was walking down the hall, getting to his next class, until somebody stopped him.
"Huh? Oh hey, what's up?" asked Ryo, looking at his friend curiously.
"I want to show you something. Let's go to my locker," said Kin, acting all normal, like nothing happened.
The two walked down the opposite way, and went to Kin's locker.
At the same time, Kazu just arrived.
"I know Ryo has got to be here! I looked everywhere!" said Kazu, once he reached his destination. "Where could he be?"
"Kin, why are we in the bathroom? I thought you wanted to show me something," said Ryo, staring at him.
"Ryo, I want to tell you something. I heard that this red-headed girl is gonna set the school on fire the day after tomorrow before school. I think her name is Rika. Yeah, that's her name!" said Kin.
"What?! What the hell are you talking about?! She would never do that! And besides, how do you know Rika?!" asked Ryo, clutching onto Kin's shirt, with an upper right cut to be punched at Kin.
"One of her friends told me. I think its Jeri. We have Health together. She told me that Rika had this crazy idea, and she tried to stop her, but couldn't! She thought I should tell you!" said Kin, wincing a bit.
"I still don't believe you, but I will check this out," spattered Ryo, and walked out.
"Fool," thought Kin.
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The day of the fire burning the school arrived. Nobody knew it was the fake date, of course.
"MR. MATSUKI!" yelled the principal.
"Yes, Mr. Hikso?" said Takato, getting very nervous, and gazing at his feet instead.
"I got rid of the students, called the police, but there is no FIRE! I even called Diane's family, and they said she's been at home all day!" yelled the principal.
"I'm sorry sir, but Kenta said…," began Takato, but the principal just walked away, and told Takato he was suspended for two weeks, leaving Takato standing there dumbfounded.
After the mishap, the students returned to school. It's now lunch for the Tamers.
"Sorry Takato it's my fault you got into this mess," said Kenta.
"Heard about your dilemma Takato, sorry to hear it," said Alice.
"Yeah, you're the last person that I thought would get into trouble," said Rika.
"Yeah, I don't know how this could've happened," said Ryo. "Ah Rika? Do you have any idea about this fire thing?"
"What are you talking about, Ryo?! Are you nuts, I'm not that crazy to think about setting the school on fire! Why did you ask?!" asked Rika, getting curious about his question.
"I just thought, that's all wildcat! See you guys later, I have an early class," said Ryo, and just left.
"Maybe, just maybe Kin might be right. What am I thinking?! He's wrong! Rika would never do that! Too bad Jeri wasn't there. She JUST had to be absent TODAY! I can never tell Rika anyway, she'll probably beat the crap outta me instead," thought Ryo, still he wanted to protect Rika, causing him to go early to school tomorrow.
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"I know I shouldn't be here. Don't I trust Rika?! I hate second thoughts! Still, this is for Rika!" thought Ryo out loud, standing beside the entrance of the school.
Then, he saw a girl with red hair, putting something like gasoline inside on the top floors!
"That can't be Rika!" shouted Ryo, and he went inside, luckily the doors were unlocked.
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"Great! I left my science book at school yesterday. Now, I'm coming to school early so I could get it! How stupid of me!" said Rika, running, and then went inside the school. "The doors are unlocked. Now that's luck," said Rika, and went in.
Walking down the corridors, she could have sworn she saw another person walking down the opposite way. Then, she recognized the face, it was Diane's!
"Shit!" thought Diane, and ran with the empty bottle of gasoline, thinking it was bad enough that Ryo saw her. "I'm gonna get you Kin for telling Ryo!"
"Get back here!" yelled Rika, and tackled Diane to the ground, grabbing the bottle.
"What's with the red wig and what's this?" asked Rika, looking at the bottle. Then, Diane punched Rika in the face, and kept on running. Rika then smelled something, and it smelled like smoke! It was getting hotter by the minute, making Rika a bit weak. "I gotta get outta here!"
Just as she was about to leave, somebody caught her wrist.
"I finally caught up with you. Now you're gonna leave Rika alone, and..," began Ryo, but stopped when he realized, it was Rika. "Rika?" They just stood there, dumbfoubded. Until Ryo broke the silence, "Come on, we gotta get outta here!" And with that, he dragged Rika behind him, and they both ran, leaving the burning building.
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The two managed to get outside, and looked at the burned school.
"Rika, what were you doing here anyway?!" demanded Ryo.
"I came to get my science book!" retorted Rika.
"Then, what's with the gasoline in your hand?!
"I saw Diane holding it while she ran when I was getting my book! I tackled her, and demanded some answers, and was about to ask her about the bottle, when I smelled smoke!" shouted Rika. "What?! You think I started the fire or something?!"
"But the person at the top had the same red hair as you! I don't what I'm thinking right now. Unless, you have a twin or something, there's no..," began Ryo, but didn't finish because Rika slapped him in the face, hard, causing a red mark.
"I thought you of all people would trust me! I guess I'm wrong! How dare you accuse me without proper evidence! Besides, what were you doing here anyway, huh?!" shouted Rika, causing a few tears to drop.
This startled Ryo, not the slap, but her tears.
"Kin told me that..," began Ryo, but Rika stopped him.
"Kin, huh?! I know him! That little bastard! Don't you know Ryo?! He's Diane's brother! Second, did you even see the face of the person setting the fire?!" yelled Rika, trying to stop herself from shedding even more tears.
"Rika, I…" but Ryo didn't finish, because Rika just slapped Ryo again, and as the final blow, punched him in the guts, and left.
"What have I done?" thought Ryo, sulking, sulking until he fell to the ground on his knees, asking himself why, why had he just done that. "I thought I was protecting Rika, but it did the opposite."
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Yeah! Chapter three done!
Don't worry about Rika, somebody is gonna be there for her, and as a hint, it isn't Ryo or Kin, but still a Ryuki!
Read and review! Flames are accepted! I know I'm gonna get a lotta flames for this, but oh well if it makes the story interesting.