Chapter 7: Meeting in dark alley
This morning, the Bladebreakers had just finished eating their breakfast and were about to go find Sasha and Rika."I don't think they're coming." Max said, as they lounged in the lobby."Someone should go get them then!" Tyson said."Don't look at me." Kai grunted when Tyson purposely stared at him."Since the four of us don't want to go, it makes sense for Ray to." Kenny said."What? I'm not going." Ray replied, crossing his arms.He rolled his eyes and started for the elevator when everyone gazed at him. 'Just great. Knowing my luck, Rika will probably decide I'm stalking her and pound me into the ground.' He thought as he stepped off the elevator into the hallway. He blinked when a door swung open and Sasha skipped out. He stared when she started bouncing from one foot to the other, toward him."What're you doing?" he asked, raising an eyebrow."Playing imaginary hopscotch, what's it look like?" she giggled.Ray shook his head. "Are you guys going to come with us or what?""Yeah! We slept in is all!" she said."Well where's Rika?""Uh...I dunno! Try her room!" Sasha called, as she took off for the elevator."Just great..." Ray grumbled as he walked up to her door.Raising a hand to knock, he heard a voice from inside. 'Is she talking to herself?' Ray asked himself. Silently turning the doorknob, he peeked inside.Rika was bouncing up and down on her bed, singing along to the music from her Discman. Ray pushed the door open a little more and stepped inside. She had her eyes closed and was jumping around in circles as she sang."He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it anymore obvious? He was a punk, she did ballet, what more can I say..."Ray smiled as she continued to sing, oblivious to his presence."He was a skater boy, she said see ya later boy!"Ray stepped up to the bed and reached over for her pant leg."He wasn't good enough for-AHHHH!"Rika screeched as he yanked on her pant leg, making her fall on to the tangled covers on her bed."EXCUSE ME! WHAT'RE YOU DOING?" she screamed.Ray shrugged. "Listening to you sing?""GET OUT!"He smirked as he found himself out in the hallway with the door slammed in his face."So I take it you're not coming?" he asked.Silence.The door opened and Rika stood there with her headphones jammed on her ears."I'm coming and as long as you don't talk to me, it'll be cool." She said, brushing past him."Whatever..." Ray replied.
Once everyone has assembled outside, they started walking. Sasha was skipping up ahead of everyone while Rika lagged behind, listening to her Discman, as always."What no singing?" Ray teased, looking over his shoulder at her.Rika ignored him, pretending not to hear over the music."She won't talk when she listening to her idol!" Sasha yelled from up ahead."The Punk Princess is your idol?" Ray asked.Rika opened her eyes, the sunlight making them flash. "Funny, I didn't know you'd even heard of music, living in the Dark Ages over in that village.""Funny, I thought it was the Americans who were supposed to have sticks stuck up their butts..." He retorted."What are you? The Village Idiot?" Rika snapped."All right children, break it up!" Max laughed."Yeah dudes, I don't know about the rest of you but it's almost lunch time and I'm starved!" Tyson said.Kai rolled his eyes. "Does you always think with your stomach?""Does he even think?" Sasha asked, walking backwards."Obviously not..." Kai answered, smirking."Hey you two, I'm standing right here!" Tyson yelled."No duh!" Sasha laughed."Let's get some food then!" Kenny said, exasperated with all the verbal fights going on."Then it's all in agreement!" Max said."Uh...I don't agree." Rika muttered."There's no way I'm getting crusty stuff stuck in my hair again." Ray said."Then you two can wait outside, TOGETHER!" Sasha giggled."I AGREE, I AGREE!" Rika all but screamed.Walking over to the other side of the street, they headed for a restaurant. Struggling through the huge crowd that seemed to be swamping the street, they made their way over. Rika seemed perfectly content, listening to music while she walked behind Ray, letting him part the crowd for her.Suddenly she blinked and whirled her head from left to right. Reaching over, she pinched Ray's shoulder, watching him turn around with a glare."What?" he said, annoyance written all over his face."They ditched us." Rika said."What?" he asked."I said... THEY DITCHED US!" Rika screamed in his face."I heard you the first time." Ray growled.Turning he gazed at the crowd, trying to pick out the familiar heads. Realizing that he couldn't see them at all, he turned back to the girl behind him."Maybe they just got trampled." He said.Rolling her eyes, Rika stepped closer to him. Spinning him around, she jumped up onto his shoulders. Ignoring his protests, she craned her head to see. Gazing over the huge crowd, she realized they really were missing. They weren't anywhere around. Slipping back onto the pavement, she shrugged.
"I can't see them." She said simply.Ray fought the urge to elbow the next person who bumped him. Pointing to an alley he dragged Rika through the mob. She followed as he walked down the back alleyway, hoping to find the guys or a way from all the noise.As they walked along, Rika noticed that it was kinda creepy, the dim light and the silence was freaking her out. She was used to screaming people and giant mobs that tried to trample you to death. Those she could handle, listening to water drip from an old pipe, she could not. Scowling she fell in step with Ray, twisting her head around to glare at anything that moved.Ray glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, watching her blink her lavender eyes owlishly in the dim light. Smirking, he turned back to the alley when suddenly something landed in front of them. Frowning, he watched as someone stepped out into a shaft of light, piercing the gloom. His golden eyes widened at whom he saw.
"Kevin...?"
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