By animeninjaNIPPON
Somehow Yoh had gotten chummy with the execs, and Anna had used her infamous "methods", so they got to keep their names. However, Ryu, Ren, and I weren't so lucky.
Ryu's accent made him sound like he was Spanish, they said (personally, I think those suits just made him nervous), so they named him "Rio" (like the river). He didn't say anything after that.
Ren, on the other hand, had quite a few things to say. "I don't mind you calling me 'Len'," he said, "but 'Lenny is too much. What's wrong with my real name?"
"You wanna be shipped back to Japan?" the suit said.
"My sister got to keep her name!"
"Your sister is hot."
Ren was furious, but he counted to three and kept his temper. But it wasn't over.
"And try to sound British," the suit continued, "or I'll dock half your pay."
That's when Ren lost it. He called upon Bason, placed his spirit into his weapon, and cried out, "Slash Dance!"
But it was no use. The execs somehow managed to subdue him by pointing their fingers at him. They immediately beat Ren to a bloody pulp, but Ren had the last word.
"You'll pay for this, you filthy cockroaches!" he cried as they dragged him off to the jail.
Then it came my turn to be renamed.
"What's your name, freak?" the suit demanded.
"HoroHoro," I replied, "and this is-"
"Your new name is Trey Racer," the suit said.
Remembering what happened to Ren, I decided not to protest. "Trey Racer," I said, giving a fake smile. "I like that name even better!"
When the exec turned to leave, Ryu bopped me on the head with the flat of his wooden sword. "You traitor! How could you?" he demanded.
"I lied," I groaned, rubbing my head. Just then, the suit turned back around. Had he heard me?
"Oh yeah," he added. "Just for that, your spirit's name is Corey." He strutted away, laughing.
"Don't worry," I heard someone say. I turned around. It was Yoh, but he sounded... different.
"I hit puberty today." He blushed apologetically.
I just stared at him blankly. So much had changed in these last 16 hours, and I hated it so much.
"Everything will work out," Yoh said.
The exec turned around one more time. "If you ever say that again, I'll deport you all!"
End of part two
