Chapter 2 Ryo Vs. Rita
The sun shone brightly through the window and onto Rita. She stirred a little and slowly opened her eyes. She got up and went down the stairs to find Amy and Michelle sitting on the couch playing cards. "Where's Renée?" Amy looked up: "Oh, hey. She's still not up." "What about Kento?" Rita asked. "He left about five minutes ago to pick up Kansas," Michelle said. "Michelle and Kento sittin in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Amy teased. Michelle blushed and threw a pillow at her: "Shut up." Rita laughed at the two before going up stairs to wake Renée up. She silently opened the door and looked inside. Renée was sleeping with the sun to her back. Rita slowly and quietly crept up to her and was about to jump when. "Don't even think about it." "Oh darn. How did you know it was me?" Rita asked, pouting. "Because you always do that to me every morning," Renée said as she opened one eye. "Well, anyhoo. Get up!" Rita said. Renée got up knowing that if she didn't, Rita would drag her outta bed.
They went downstairs only to have two pairs of clothes thrown at them. "Here, Kento said to put these clean clothes on. They belong to Kento's friends, but he said they wouldn't mind," Michelle said. Rita and Renée looked at each other and shrugged before putting them on. They were just an old pair of loose pants and a t-shirt. Renée's shirt was dark blue while Rita's was red. Both of the pants were white and had stains on them, but they were comfortable. Amy and Michelle wore the same, but Michelle's shirt was orange while Amy's was green.
"Who's up for a game of Pinochle?" Michelle said. "Ok, but I'm on Rita's team," Renée said. "Then I'm on Amy's team," Michelle said. "Ok, let's play," Amy said as she got out the cards and note pad. They all gathered around the table and began to play as they waited for Kento to get back with their friend, Kansas. While Amy dealt the cards, Michelle popped in a CD and turned up the volume.
The girls were so busy with the game and music that they didn't hear the car pull up the driveway. Rowen stepped out of the car: "Sounds like Kento's having fun." "Yeah, I guess so," Cye agreed. "Let's just hope he hasn't trashed the place," Ryo said as he got out his bag. "Yeah, that and that he hasn't eaten all the food," Sage said as he helped Ryo get the bags out. "Knowing him, he probably has," Rowen said. The guys laughed as they headed up to the house.
"No way. I can't believe you got A's around. That's 100 points right there," Michelle said as she looked at Rita's hand. "Way to go Rita," Renée cried. Yep, hey can we pause the game? I need to go to the bathroom," Rita said. "Yeah, and I need to find out where I put all my gum," Amy said, getting up. "I'm thirsty. You wanna get to drink?" Michelle asked Renée. "Yeah sure," Renée said, getting up and going to the kitchen with Michelle. Rita ran up to the bathroom real quick. Just as Rita was outta sight, the guys walked in. "Well, the place isn't trashed," Ryo said. "Yeah, but it looks like Kento was playing a game," Cye said. "Yeah, but that's Pinochle. You need more than one person to play, and I don't think Kento even knows how to play that game," Rowen said. "Then who." Sage was cut off when he saw Amy coming down the stairs and Renée and Michelle coming out of the kitchen.
"Want one?" Amy asked Michelle and Renée, holding up the gum. "Sure," Renée and Michelle said at the same time. Amy was about to toss them some when she saw the guys. Her eyes went wide slightly and her jaw dropped. "What's wrong?" Michelle said. Renée turned around and saw them. Her face had the same look, and she tugged on Michelle's shirt. Michelle turned to Renée and then looked at what she was looking at. There stood a pissed off Ryo and three confused Ronins. Then Rita came down the stairs. She stopped in her tracks when she saw them: "Uh oh." "Who the hell are you, and how did you get in here?" Ryo yelled. "Um.we're known as the Virginia Hookers and... well.um Kento invited us here to stay," Michelle said. "Kento, huh? Well you can't stay, and why the hell do you have our clothes on?" Ryo snapped.
Rita's anger finally kicked in. She walked up to Ryo and punched him across the face: "Look here you. Kento invited us to stay because we were robbed. Now, I've had a very bad week, and I don't need this shit from you. Kento allowed us to wear these clothes because we have nothin else to wear. He has also offered us help to get the money back so we can help our friend." Ryo rubbed the spot where she hit him: "Help your friend with what? Drugs?" Rita was about to hit him again when. "I don't do drugs. I never have." Everyone looked at the door to see a girl in a wheel chair. She had blond hair and aqua blue eyes. She looked to be about 16 and had a younger girl in her lap who looked about 7. The girl also had blond hair and aqua blue eyes. "That's our friend. She was in a car accident two years ago. The money we saved up was for her operation," Rita said.
Kento soon came up behind Kansas and looked at them: "I guess I have some explaining to do." "Don't bother with it. We're obviously not wanted here, so we'll just leave. You can keep the key if you ever need anything outta our apartment. We have a spare," Rita said. They then turned around and headed upstairs to gather their things. Kansas picked the girl up and put her down. She then went over to the table and gathered up all the cards. Ryo felt like a real jerk right about now. The girls then came back down stairs with the guys' clothes in their hands. As they left, they each threw the clothes on the floor in front of Ryo and left. Rita had already called for a cab. They all piled in, with Kansas in the front, and left to go back to the apartment. Rita, however, didn't go with them. She waited there for about ten minuets. They guys watched as a black tiger ran up to her. She knelt down and petted it before getting on it's back. She looked up at the guys and glared at Ryo before taking off down the street.
"Ryo!" Kento yelled. "That was cruel, Ryo," Cye said. "I know," Ryo said. Kento sighed and took out his cell phone. He punched in a number and waited. "Hello?" "Hey, Amy, listen I was wandering if you were going straight to the apartment." "Um.actually, we were going to stop at the mall to snag something to eat first." "Ok, good. Well see you later." "Ok, bye." "Bye." Kento then hung up and grabbed his jacket: "Let's go, Ryo." "What? Go Where?" Ryo asked. "Come on. I want to show you something." Ryo followed Kento out to the car and got in.
They drove down to the city and into a bad neighborhood and stopped in front of an old building complex. "Let's go," Kento said. Ryo got out and followed Kento into the building. They went up four flights of stairs and stopped in front of a door with the number 666 on it. Kento then turned to Ryo and held out a key: "This is their apartment. Inside is all that they have left. They have nothing else outside of this. I want you to go in there and look at it. You've been to a lot of homes. Now, you can see through their eyes and look at their home." Ryo took the key and watched as Kento went back down the stairs. "I'll be waiting outside."
Ryo looked at the door for a few minuets before putting the key in and slowly turning it. Once he heard the click, he opened the door and stepped inside. The fist part he saw was a small kitchen. There were a few dirty dishes lying around and some pots and pans. Then he went into a small room that had one bed and three futons. Ryo then saw Rita sleeping with the tiger curled up behind her in a corner with nothing but a few blankets and a pillow. All along the wall, there were pictures. Some of them had Amy with what seemed like her parents, who were cops, but next to them was a letter. Ryo took a look at it. It was a letter saying that her parents had died in a shooting. There were four more of those letters, but Renée's only said that her mother had died. Rita's had died in a war. Michelle's had died when her parents restaurant had burned down. Kansas's had died from illness.
Most of the pictures were of just them. It looked as though they had known each other since they were little. All that was left of the place was a small bathroom. There were also a few broken windows and a closet. Looking around the place made Ryo feel even worse about what he did. He had no idea that they lived in such a bad neighborhood in this small place. He quickly retreated from the house. And locked the door again. He slid his back down the wall and ran his fingers through his hair: "Oh man. I've been to some bad houses before, but not as bad as that. Oh man, what have I done?" Ryo asked no one.
The sun shone brightly through the window and onto Rita. She stirred a little and slowly opened her eyes. She got up and went down the stairs to find Amy and Michelle sitting on the couch playing cards. "Where's Renée?" Amy looked up: "Oh, hey. She's still not up." "What about Kento?" Rita asked. "He left about five minutes ago to pick up Kansas," Michelle said. "Michelle and Kento sittin in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Amy teased. Michelle blushed and threw a pillow at her: "Shut up." Rita laughed at the two before going up stairs to wake Renée up. She silently opened the door and looked inside. Renée was sleeping with the sun to her back. Rita slowly and quietly crept up to her and was about to jump when. "Don't even think about it." "Oh darn. How did you know it was me?" Rita asked, pouting. "Because you always do that to me every morning," Renée said as she opened one eye. "Well, anyhoo. Get up!" Rita said. Renée got up knowing that if she didn't, Rita would drag her outta bed.
They went downstairs only to have two pairs of clothes thrown at them. "Here, Kento said to put these clean clothes on. They belong to Kento's friends, but he said they wouldn't mind," Michelle said. Rita and Renée looked at each other and shrugged before putting them on. They were just an old pair of loose pants and a t-shirt. Renée's shirt was dark blue while Rita's was red. Both of the pants were white and had stains on them, but they were comfortable. Amy and Michelle wore the same, but Michelle's shirt was orange while Amy's was green.
"Who's up for a game of Pinochle?" Michelle said. "Ok, but I'm on Rita's team," Renée said. "Then I'm on Amy's team," Michelle said. "Ok, let's play," Amy said as she got out the cards and note pad. They all gathered around the table and began to play as they waited for Kento to get back with their friend, Kansas. While Amy dealt the cards, Michelle popped in a CD and turned up the volume.
The girls were so busy with the game and music that they didn't hear the car pull up the driveway. Rowen stepped out of the car: "Sounds like Kento's having fun." "Yeah, I guess so," Cye agreed. "Let's just hope he hasn't trashed the place," Ryo said as he got out his bag. "Yeah, that and that he hasn't eaten all the food," Sage said as he helped Ryo get the bags out. "Knowing him, he probably has," Rowen said. The guys laughed as they headed up to the house.
"No way. I can't believe you got A's around. That's 100 points right there," Michelle said as she looked at Rita's hand. "Way to go Rita," Renée cried. Yep, hey can we pause the game? I need to go to the bathroom," Rita said. "Yeah, and I need to find out where I put all my gum," Amy said, getting up. "I'm thirsty. You wanna get to drink?" Michelle asked Renée. "Yeah sure," Renée said, getting up and going to the kitchen with Michelle. Rita ran up to the bathroom real quick. Just as Rita was outta sight, the guys walked in. "Well, the place isn't trashed," Ryo said. "Yeah, but it looks like Kento was playing a game," Cye said. "Yeah, but that's Pinochle. You need more than one person to play, and I don't think Kento even knows how to play that game," Rowen said. "Then who." Sage was cut off when he saw Amy coming down the stairs and Renée and Michelle coming out of the kitchen.
"Want one?" Amy asked Michelle and Renée, holding up the gum. "Sure," Renée and Michelle said at the same time. Amy was about to toss them some when she saw the guys. Her eyes went wide slightly and her jaw dropped. "What's wrong?" Michelle said. Renée turned around and saw them. Her face had the same look, and she tugged on Michelle's shirt. Michelle turned to Renée and then looked at what she was looking at. There stood a pissed off Ryo and three confused Ronins. Then Rita came down the stairs. She stopped in her tracks when she saw them: "Uh oh." "Who the hell are you, and how did you get in here?" Ryo yelled. "Um.we're known as the Virginia Hookers and... well.um Kento invited us here to stay," Michelle said. "Kento, huh? Well you can't stay, and why the hell do you have our clothes on?" Ryo snapped.
Rita's anger finally kicked in. She walked up to Ryo and punched him across the face: "Look here you. Kento invited us to stay because we were robbed. Now, I've had a very bad week, and I don't need this shit from you. Kento allowed us to wear these clothes because we have nothin else to wear. He has also offered us help to get the money back so we can help our friend." Ryo rubbed the spot where she hit him: "Help your friend with what? Drugs?" Rita was about to hit him again when. "I don't do drugs. I never have." Everyone looked at the door to see a girl in a wheel chair. She had blond hair and aqua blue eyes. She looked to be about 16 and had a younger girl in her lap who looked about 7. The girl also had blond hair and aqua blue eyes. "That's our friend. She was in a car accident two years ago. The money we saved up was for her operation," Rita said.
Kento soon came up behind Kansas and looked at them: "I guess I have some explaining to do." "Don't bother with it. We're obviously not wanted here, so we'll just leave. You can keep the key if you ever need anything outta our apartment. We have a spare," Rita said. They then turned around and headed upstairs to gather their things. Kansas picked the girl up and put her down. She then went over to the table and gathered up all the cards. Ryo felt like a real jerk right about now. The girls then came back down stairs with the guys' clothes in their hands. As they left, they each threw the clothes on the floor in front of Ryo and left. Rita had already called for a cab. They all piled in, with Kansas in the front, and left to go back to the apartment. Rita, however, didn't go with them. She waited there for about ten minuets. They guys watched as a black tiger ran up to her. She knelt down and petted it before getting on it's back. She looked up at the guys and glared at Ryo before taking off down the street.
"Ryo!" Kento yelled. "That was cruel, Ryo," Cye said. "I know," Ryo said. Kento sighed and took out his cell phone. He punched in a number and waited. "Hello?" "Hey, Amy, listen I was wandering if you were going straight to the apartment." "Um.actually, we were going to stop at the mall to snag something to eat first." "Ok, good. Well see you later." "Ok, bye." "Bye." Kento then hung up and grabbed his jacket: "Let's go, Ryo." "What? Go Where?" Ryo asked. "Come on. I want to show you something." Ryo followed Kento out to the car and got in.
They drove down to the city and into a bad neighborhood and stopped in front of an old building complex. "Let's go," Kento said. Ryo got out and followed Kento into the building. They went up four flights of stairs and stopped in front of a door with the number 666 on it. Kento then turned to Ryo and held out a key: "This is their apartment. Inside is all that they have left. They have nothing else outside of this. I want you to go in there and look at it. You've been to a lot of homes. Now, you can see through their eyes and look at their home." Ryo took the key and watched as Kento went back down the stairs. "I'll be waiting outside."
Ryo looked at the door for a few minuets before putting the key in and slowly turning it. Once he heard the click, he opened the door and stepped inside. The fist part he saw was a small kitchen. There were a few dirty dishes lying around and some pots and pans. Then he went into a small room that had one bed and three futons. Ryo then saw Rita sleeping with the tiger curled up behind her in a corner with nothing but a few blankets and a pillow. All along the wall, there were pictures. Some of them had Amy with what seemed like her parents, who were cops, but next to them was a letter. Ryo took a look at it. It was a letter saying that her parents had died in a shooting. There were four more of those letters, but Renée's only said that her mother had died. Rita's had died in a war. Michelle's had died when her parents restaurant had burned down. Kansas's had died from illness.
Most of the pictures were of just them. It looked as though they had known each other since they were little. All that was left of the place was a small bathroom. There were also a few broken windows and a closet. Looking around the place made Ryo feel even worse about what he did. He had no idea that they lived in such a bad neighborhood in this small place. He quickly retreated from the house. And locked the door again. He slid his back down the wall and ran his fingers through his hair: "Oh man. I've been to some bad houses before, but not as bad as that. Oh man, what have I done?" Ryo asked no one.