A/N: Ok. I hope that you're liking my story so far! Tell me what you think in your reviews k? Anyways, read on! I don't want to interupt you in reading my story! Enjoy!

Chapter Three

Tea opened her eyes, and struggled to get up. Only to find out that she couldn't.

"So you're awake," said a voice…a way too familiar voice. Her eyes widened. Oh no…It can't be him. No way could it be him, she thought and looked around her. Her friends were already awake and tied up with ropes and gagged on the mouth.

"Morning sunshine," greeted the voice. She looked around to find out that the boys they fought yesterday had found their hideout and had snuck up on them late at night.

"Great. It's you again," she said sarcastically, glowering at the boy.

"It's nice to see you too," he said with a fake smile, but then his expression turned serious.

"Where's the scroll that you took from my friend last night?"

"I dunno," she lied, even though she knew where it was.

"Tell me. And don't think about lying."

"No way!"

"Tell me!"

"No!"

Frustrated as he was, he didn't get his anger get the best of him. Calm yourself. She's only trying to get you mad, he thought as he calmed himself down. Before he could say another word, the rest of his friends came in with more food and wood. The other girls grew angry expressions on their faces. Fortunately, Stelle managed to remove the gag on her mouth and screamed.

"LET US GO!"

"Not until you tell us where the scroll is," replied one of Ryo's friends, Yutaka, who was called an old man and got robbed by a girl.

"We're not telling you!" yelled Stelle, as soon as she got the gag on her mouth off, and looking really pissed.

"Fine suit yourself. You'll be missing a lot of classes today," Yutaka said, and sat down and leaned against the wall.

"No!" whined Stelle, with a sad face. A few minutes passed without anyone talking…it sounded like no one's even breathing! Tea had had it.

"Fine! If you must know, the scroll is in my bag over there!" she yelled, glaring at Ryo as he smirked and stood up.

"I knew you would give up sooner or later," he said and walked over to her bag.

"No! Tea! Why did you tell him!" yelled her friends altogether, with very angry expressions, but they all knew what Tea was up to. Ryo ignored their yelling comments and continued to look in her bag. Suddenly, Tea screamed, "NOW!"

And to his surprise, the girls broke free from the ropes and attacked the boys…again…Oo…and Tea pushed Ryo, and unfortunately, the cave they were in were about 5 stories high from the ground and they fell…oO.

"TEA!" the girls screamed and looked over the edge of the cave.

"RYO!" the boys exclaimed, also looking over the edge of the cave. They were both gone.

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Tea lay on the ground unconsciousand so did Ryo. Soon, Tea began to wake up. She winced at the pain on her back. She opened her eyes fully and looked down. There was Ryo, on top of her...unconscious.

"Eww! Get off me!" she screamed and shoved him aside.

"Ow…" he moaned and opened his eyes. Tea stood up, ignoring the moaning boy beside her and looked around. Great! More trees! When I get back to school, I swear I'm gonna cut all these trees down! thought Tea angrily. She began to walk away.

"H-Hey! Where y-you going?" asked Ryo, as he stood up from the ground and began following her. But she didn't answer his question. She kept quiet.

"Hello? I said-"but before he could finish his sentence, Tea tackled him down and pointed her knife at him.

"Heh…erm…what exactly are you going to do with that?" he asked nervously, staring at the knife.

"Kill you. Wuddya think?" she replied, glaring at the boy underneath her.

"Y-You don't need t-to do t-that," he said, getting really nervous. Tea looked at him with pity.

"And to think that you're part of the Bloody Knights gang," she exclaimed, letting her guard down a little bit. But it was a big mistake, letting her guard down. Suddenly, Ryo flip himself and Tea over so now she was at the bottom and he was on top of her. He smirked.

"Apparently, I am part of the Bloody Knights gang," he said, still smirking.

"Yet, I seemed to kick your butt the last time we fought," she replied smartly, watching his face turn into a very shade of red. It was her turn to smirk.

"You didn't win!" he said, staring at her.

"I did and don't deny it," was all she said before she pushed him off of her and stood up, dusting herself off. She began walking away…again -.-'…only to find herself being pinned to a tree and the knife somehow found itself on her throat. Wonderful, she thought sarcastically, watching the knife moving closer to her neck.

Remembering her weapons, she slowly but swiftly took out her katana, and hit him on the back hard with its handle.

"Ow!" he yelled, and Tea shoved him off of herself and stood up, pointing her sword to him.

"If you try anything, I swear I'll kill you," she said, glaring at him, "Now, how do I get back to my friends and leave you here?" The boy continued to glare at her, but then remembered something.

"When we were battling before, I asked you if you remembered me. Well, do you?" he asked, trying to change the conversation, and ignoring the fact that she was going to desert him in the middle of nowhere.

"Oh yea…Well, I don't know you. Why are you asking?" she replied back, looking at the trees that stood before them.

"You know that boy? The little boy that saved your life 9 years ago?"

She turned her head so fast when she heard what he said. "H-How did y-you know about that?"

"I'm that little boy," he said, watching her expression turn from anxiousness (A/N: Is there such a word as anxiousness:P) to annoyance.

"You can't be him. No way that you could be my hero."

"But I am."

"Prove it," she said, watching him take out a piece of paper, opening it, and giving it to her. She grabbed the paper from his hand and looked at it. It was a very old newspaper article.

National Times Legion June 1996

Young Boy Saves Girl from Mysterious Fire

A 6-year-old boy heroically saves 5-year-old girl, Tea Shukibaka, from burning house. Boy is recognized as Ryoichi Morian, a run-away orphan. Police are still investigating on how the fire mysteriously appeared. Police has unfortunately found the young girl's parents, dead. Parents are noticed as Miguel Shukibaka and Isabella Shukibaka.

"Such a nice family too," replies a 76-year-old close neighbor, Janita Gorgulay, "They always had a kind heart and helped everyone, even though they don't know them. They were the nicest family in this town. Poor girl, loosing her home and family like that."

The police are still investigating about the fire… (For more info, look into page V5).

"Y-You can't be him! Are you?" she asked with a confused face after she read the old article.

"Believe it or not," he replied, and stood up. She watched him carefully, and put her katana back in its sheath.

"You're not lying are you?" she asked carefully, and looked into his eyes, soon finding out that he was telling the truth. She put her pack that she carried on the ground and looked into it. She took out what seemed to be an old handkerchief. She walked to him and held it out.

"This is yours. I didn't know where you lived so I didn't get a chance to return it to you. Here," she said and looked at the ground. The boy looked at her and replied, "Keep it." She looked at him and found it useless to argue so she put it back into her pack. They started walking through the forest without saying anything to each other. I guess I have to thank him, Tea thought, as she glanced at Ryo, who was a few feet ahead of her, but how?

"So, you think I'm your hero?" Ryo asked, breaking the silence and stopped a little so that he could walk beside her.

"W-Well," she stuttered, looking at anything but Ryo's face, which happens to have a smirk on his face, "Not really…Well, I g-guess...I don't know!"

Ryo smirked. Just what I thought, he said to himself. He walked ahead of her once again and silence had taken over the sound right now so back to the others. "

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"What do we do now?" asked Natti, as she stared down to the ground from the cliff. The others shrugged.

"We should find a way to get down there and find them," said Naomi, after a while.

"I guess…" said one of the boys, Hikaru, unsure if he should trust the girls. Apparently, the girls were thinking of the same thing. Gathering all their things from the cave, they started down the mountain.

After a while, they finally reached their destinations and took a small break. It was midday, and the sun shone brightly. Naomi took a drink from her almost-empty-canteen, and looked at their surroundings. This is not our day, she thought. Then, one raindrop fell. Then another and another. Everyone looked at the sky, only to find a giant black cloud over themselves.

"Great! What luck do we have!" exclaimed Hikaru, taking off his jacket and hung it over his ehad so he doesn't get wet.

Oh, no. What will happen with Tea? I hope you're safe Tea, thought Rita, with a worried expression.

"We'd better get back to the cave," said Stelle and standing up, they grabbed their belongings and made their way back to the cave.

A/N: Ok. I kno the story is kinda short but I haven't had the time to update this all. Anyways, there's more to come on the story so come back and check k? R&R!