Part 8
Note: Rowen repositioned the knife because if you try to slit your wrists the wrong way you can't kill yourself. Also if anyone notices this starts to act like a Mary Sue hit me over the head ok? I don't write Mary Sues, there's nothing wrong with them, but I just don't like writing them. Sorry Fancy Face.
The song fic to this is up at another site, if you want the url to it let me know in your review and leave me your e-mail address, you can no longer put urls in fanfics on ff.n.
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"Not that I know who Sage is." The girl muttered, then glanced back at the letter Rowen was still holding. "I take it you didn't read the letter?"
"No." Rowen admitted, "I believed what she told me."
"Who is she anyway?" the girl asked him.
Rowen looked at her in confusion.
"This girl you're trying to protect, the one that almost drove you to suicide."
"She didn't almost drive me to suicide." Rowen muttered, still trying to cover for her. His eyes skimmed over the slightly damp letter one more time before he folded it up and put it in his pants pockets. His blue jeans were soaked but at this point he didn't care. And for that matter he didn't want to take off his pants in some strange girl's apartment when he didn't even know her name.
"Right, then why were you on the new dining hall trying to kill yourself?"
Rowen didn't answer her, he knew that there was nothing more to say.
"Look one of my roommates is a Psych major and I help her study so I do know something about the way the mind works. Why are you covering for her?" she asked her hands on her hips.
Rowen sighed, he knew she wasn't going to let up until she found out the reason.
"How about this, let's start this right? My name is Ashley Jones."
"Rowen Hashiba." Rowen said before he even thought about it.
"Nice to meet you Rowen, I'm a 3rd year student, who's majoring in chemistry." She told him, a slight smile on her face.
"When you introduce your self you really go all out don't you?" he asked, picking up his tea, which to his amazement was still hot, and took a sip.
Ashley had already finished her tea and had by now put the cup in the sink.
"It's the nice thing to do." She told him with a shrug.
"Yeah.."
"Well?" She asked, and sat down on at the small table located next to the windows.
"Well what?" Rowen asked, finally breaking through the fog that was covering him completely.
"What's your year and major?"
"Oh um, freshman and undecided."
"I had a feeling." She told him.
Rowen decided this girl was a little strange.
"And I take it your from Japan?" she asked him.
He jumped a little, "How can you tell?"
"Other than the fact that you look a little Asian? You paused at the door like you were going to take off your shoes then remembered you didn't have to so you didn't."
"You analyzed me?"
"Well you did just try to kill yourself, so I had to watch you closely." She said as she watched him.
Rowen could see the logic in that, and didn't decide to question her further. Instead he focused on finishing his tea.
"I like watching people." She said as way of explanation then took the cup from him and washed it in the sink. She rejoined him in the living room area a moment later.
"Now who is she?" Ashley asked him.
"Jennifer Martin." Rowen muttered.
"Jenny Martin? Now why does that name sound familiar" the girl muttered.
Rowen felt himself blush and quickly tried to hide it. "I don't know."
"What did she do to you?"
"Nothing!" Rowen said to quickly.
"You answered that too quickly." Ashley told him. While she was still standing, he was sitting, almost giving him the impression she was towering over him.
"I thought your roommate was majoring in the mind stuff." Rowen said, starting to get annoyed. He had no idea why he was acting this way, no wait he did, he needed to protect Jenny. It wasn't that he loved her; he really hated her, but if he didn't protect her she may hurt him more, or hurt Sage.
"You're in an abusive relationship." She told him, as if she was stating a fact.
"How would you know?" Rowen asked, he couldn't believe he was being this harsh.
"Because every boyfriend Jenny gets winds up in the hospital."
"What?" Rowen asked, he couldn't believe it.
"Yeah, she's managed to kill two of them. The one problem is they can't pin it on her, so she gets off without any kind of punishment."
Rowen stretched out on the couch he was laying on and shivered, his mind going back to the incident that had put him in the hospital. He was so wrapped up in his thoughts he didn't even notice when Ashley left the room. The sudden feeling of something hitting his legs made him jump. He glanced down and saw a pair of blue jeans.
"They're my exes, you can use them."
"Nan desu ka? Sorry, I mean what?" Rowen asked.
"Change your pants, your cold. Those should fit you."
"Where?" He asked, his eyes going around the apartment quickly. He then noticed the stairs in the center of the room.
"Up the stairs, to your left, is the bathroom." She told him.
He nodded then left to go change.
Once in the bathroom he quickly changed out of the soaked pants and let them sit on the edge of the tub. Leaving the bathroom he made his way back downstairs and to the living room. He had made sure while he was changing to take his armor orb with him, although before placing it in his pocket he had noticed it was glowing. He wasn't quite sure of the reason for the glow; however he didn't take the time to debate it.
"They fit ok?" She asked as soon as he entered the room.
"Yeah, thanks." He said and sat back on his seat on the couch.
She glanced once at the clock and saw it was almost 5, Rowen followed her gaze then did a double take.
"I take it you have an 8am?" She asked.
"Yeah."
"Skip it, you're going to need the sleep." Ashley told him, she had taken a seat at the table again.
"What about my other classes?"
"Skip them too."
"But Jenny is in one." He said, he was beginning to hate the name Jenny.
"All the more reason to skip it." Ashley said and stood. "Stay here, I'm going to get you some blankets so you can sleep here tonight."
Rowen did as she told him to and watched the girl vanish upstairs. Sage would be here in two days, scratch that, one day. He could hardly wait. But what would he do about Jenny? The answer came to him quickly, dump her. Plane and simply, get rid of her. Granted it would be hard.
"Here." Ashley said as she came back into the room and passed him a soft fluffy blanket. It had a woodland design on it and made him think of Sage again. She also gave him a dark green pillow. "Sleep as long as you need to."
Rowen nodded his thanks and curled up on the couch in the blanket. He felt wide awake still and simply lie there and listened as Ashley got ready to go to bed. She went into what he assumed was her room and the apartment descended into darkness.
A few minutes he fell asleep, into a calm one. The first calm sleep he had, had since he started dating Jenny.
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In Japan a blond haired man sat outside a building on the grass in the late day sun. Sage had been getting strange vibes from what he believed was Rowen all day. They had been very, very weak, and he had needed to get away from everyone, even White Blaze, to pick them up. Something was going on in America, and he knew whatever it was, wasn't good.
Taking out his armor orb he looked at it. The green marble like object gently pulsed, almost happily.
Yep something was up. Well whatever it was he would find out shortly.
Glancing around the yard once he walked inside.
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A/N: I'll try and get one more update out before Christmas. The major reason, finals, a dreaded word ever college student hates. My first final is next week, and my last is the 16. Once they're over I'll try and get you another chapter.
Oh yeah, and in case you missed it, let me know in your review if you want the url to the song fic that goes with this.
Ok, now I do want to know one thing, do you as readers want this to end with what I plan to do to Jenny, or would you want something to happen such as a threat to the Ronin Warriors so Ashley gets to find out who they truly are? Or would you rather I finish this up with Jenny then do a sequel where Ash finds out?
Note: Rowen repositioned the knife because if you try to slit your wrists the wrong way you can't kill yourself. Also if anyone notices this starts to act like a Mary Sue hit me over the head ok? I don't write Mary Sues, there's nothing wrong with them, but I just don't like writing them. Sorry Fancy Face.
The song fic to this is up at another site, if you want the url to it let me know in your review and leave me your e-mail address, you can no longer put urls in fanfics on ff.n.
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"Not that I know who Sage is." The girl muttered, then glanced back at the letter Rowen was still holding. "I take it you didn't read the letter?"
"No." Rowen admitted, "I believed what she told me."
"Who is she anyway?" the girl asked him.
Rowen looked at her in confusion.
"This girl you're trying to protect, the one that almost drove you to suicide."
"She didn't almost drive me to suicide." Rowen muttered, still trying to cover for her. His eyes skimmed over the slightly damp letter one more time before he folded it up and put it in his pants pockets. His blue jeans were soaked but at this point he didn't care. And for that matter he didn't want to take off his pants in some strange girl's apartment when he didn't even know her name.
"Right, then why were you on the new dining hall trying to kill yourself?"
Rowen didn't answer her, he knew that there was nothing more to say.
"Look one of my roommates is a Psych major and I help her study so I do know something about the way the mind works. Why are you covering for her?" she asked her hands on her hips.
Rowen sighed, he knew she wasn't going to let up until she found out the reason.
"How about this, let's start this right? My name is Ashley Jones."
"Rowen Hashiba." Rowen said before he even thought about it.
"Nice to meet you Rowen, I'm a 3rd year student, who's majoring in chemistry." She told him, a slight smile on her face.
"When you introduce your self you really go all out don't you?" he asked, picking up his tea, which to his amazement was still hot, and took a sip.
Ashley had already finished her tea and had by now put the cup in the sink.
"It's the nice thing to do." She told him with a shrug.
"Yeah.."
"Well?" She asked, and sat down on at the small table located next to the windows.
"Well what?" Rowen asked, finally breaking through the fog that was covering him completely.
"What's your year and major?"
"Oh um, freshman and undecided."
"I had a feeling." She told him.
Rowen decided this girl was a little strange.
"And I take it your from Japan?" she asked him.
He jumped a little, "How can you tell?"
"Other than the fact that you look a little Asian? You paused at the door like you were going to take off your shoes then remembered you didn't have to so you didn't."
"You analyzed me?"
"Well you did just try to kill yourself, so I had to watch you closely." She said as she watched him.
Rowen could see the logic in that, and didn't decide to question her further. Instead he focused on finishing his tea.
"I like watching people." She said as way of explanation then took the cup from him and washed it in the sink. She rejoined him in the living room area a moment later.
"Now who is she?" Ashley asked him.
"Jennifer Martin." Rowen muttered.
"Jenny Martin? Now why does that name sound familiar" the girl muttered.
Rowen felt himself blush and quickly tried to hide it. "I don't know."
"What did she do to you?"
"Nothing!" Rowen said to quickly.
"You answered that too quickly." Ashley told him. While she was still standing, he was sitting, almost giving him the impression she was towering over him.
"I thought your roommate was majoring in the mind stuff." Rowen said, starting to get annoyed. He had no idea why he was acting this way, no wait he did, he needed to protect Jenny. It wasn't that he loved her; he really hated her, but if he didn't protect her she may hurt him more, or hurt Sage.
"You're in an abusive relationship." She told him, as if she was stating a fact.
"How would you know?" Rowen asked, he couldn't believe he was being this harsh.
"Because every boyfriend Jenny gets winds up in the hospital."
"What?" Rowen asked, he couldn't believe it.
"Yeah, she's managed to kill two of them. The one problem is they can't pin it on her, so she gets off without any kind of punishment."
Rowen stretched out on the couch he was laying on and shivered, his mind going back to the incident that had put him in the hospital. He was so wrapped up in his thoughts he didn't even notice when Ashley left the room. The sudden feeling of something hitting his legs made him jump. He glanced down and saw a pair of blue jeans.
"They're my exes, you can use them."
"Nan desu ka? Sorry, I mean what?" Rowen asked.
"Change your pants, your cold. Those should fit you."
"Where?" He asked, his eyes going around the apartment quickly. He then noticed the stairs in the center of the room.
"Up the stairs, to your left, is the bathroom." She told him.
He nodded then left to go change.
Once in the bathroom he quickly changed out of the soaked pants and let them sit on the edge of the tub. Leaving the bathroom he made his way back downstairs and to the living room. He had made sure while he was changing to take his armor orb with him, although before placing it in his pocket he had noticed it was glowing. He wasn't quite sure of the reason for the glow; however he didn't take the time to debate it.
"They fit ok?" She asked as soon as he entered the room.
"Yeah, thanks." He said and sat back on his seat on the couch.
She glanced once at the clock and saw it was almost 5, Rowen followed her gaze then did a double take.
"I take it you have an 8am?" She asked.
"Yeah."
"Skip it, you're going to need the sleep." Ashley told him, she had taken a seat at the table again.
"What about my other classes?"
"Skip them too."
"But Jenny is in one." He said, he was beginning to hate the name Jenny.
"All the more reason to skip it." Ashley said and stood. "Stay here, I'm going to get you some blankets so you can sleep here tonight."
Rowen did as she told him to and watched the girl vanish upstairs. Sage would be here in two days, scratch that, one day. He could hardly wait. But what would he do about Jenny? The answer came to him quickly, dump her. Plane and simply, get rid of her. Granted it would be hard.
"Here." Ashley said as she came back into the room and passed him a soft fluffy blanket. It had a woodland design on it and made him think of Sage again. She also gave him a dark green pillow. "Sleep as long as you need to."
Rowen nodded his thanks and curled up on the couch in the blanket. He felt wide awake still and simply lie there and listened as Ashley got ready to go to bed. She went into what he assumed was her room and the apartment descended into darkness.
A few minutes he fell asleep, into a calm one. The first calm sleep he had, had since he started dating Jenny.
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In Japan a blond haired man sat outside a building on the grass in the late day sun. Sage had been getting strange vibes from what he believed was Rowen all day. They had been very, very weak, and he had needed to get away from everyone, even White Blaze, to pick them up. Something was going on in America, and he knew whatever it was, wasn't good.
Taking out his armor orb he looked at it. The green marble like object gently pulsed, almost happily.
Yep something was up. Well whatever it was he would find out shortly.
Glancing around the yard once he walked inside.
*****
A/N: I'll try and get one more update out before Christmas. The major reason, finals, a dreaded word ever college student hates. My first final is next week, and my last is the 16. Once they're over I'll try and get you another chapter.
Oh yeah, and in case you missed it, let me know in your review if you want the url to the song fic that goes with this.
Ok, now I do want to know one thing, do you as readers want this to end with what I plan to do to Jenny, or would you want something to happen such as a threat to the Ronin Warriors so Ashley gets to find out who they truly are? Or would you rather I finish this up with Jenny then do a sequel where Ash finds out?
