one and two million? Part 1

[DISCLAIMER: CH 9-11 are inspired by "RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET" were Ralph and Vanellope go to the internet to get her sugar rush's steering wheel, then they ran into Shank and her crew to steal her car for money.]


Koichi and Okuyasu are due for a science project, but the unexpected happens when their former foe, Rohan asked them to watch his house while he's on a retreat. the boys end up breaking Rohan's rare lucky golden cat statue and must replace it before he comes home.


The next day, Koichi and Okuyasu were on their way home from school. Okuyasu was telling him about what happened at the movies last night with him and Kiwi.

"So you guys got kicked out?" Koichi asked

"Almost. That guard was coming after us along with those people." Okuyasu replied

"Geez, That sounds scary." Koichi said nervously with a sweat drop on his cheek

"Yeah, tell me about it. I wanted to finish the movie. Kiwi is probably still mad at me from last night." Okuyasu said

"Why don't you make it up to her later tonight." Koichi said

"That's not a bad idea Koichi. I'll make it up to her tonight for sure. Josuke told me to get her something that she likes. I just gotta figure out what she likes. (turns to Koichi) Koichi, What do girls like?" Okuyasu asked

"Uhh...I know Yukako likes makeup, and getting her nails done at the beauty salon." Koichi said

"That's it! I'll take Kiwi out to the salon as a make-up date from last night! She's gonna love me!" Okuyasu cheered.

While Koichi and Okuyasu were still walking home from school, Rohan spotted the two teens together as he stepped right in front of them. Both Koichi and Okuyasu paused themselves once they saw him.

"Koichi, Okuyasu. I need you guys to do me a favor." Rohan said calmly while his arms were crossed

Both Koichi and Okuyasu went into self defense mode once Rohan asked them for a favor.

"Whatever the hell it is, We're not gonna be your manga material again!" Okuyasu exclaimed

"Yeah! Cause it's spooky! Seriously, I still have nightmares from that day!" Koichi added in nervously

"Relax, It's water under a bridge...Anyway, I'm going on a writing retreat this weekend and I'm leaving tonight and I need you two to watch my house for me while I'm gone." Rohan explained

"A writing retreat?" Koichi questions

"Yes." Rohan replied

Okuyasu started snickering to himself then started laughing.

Rohan raised his eyebrow while crossing his arms "Sorry. What's so funny?"

"Writing retreat! I heard of a couple's retreat...But a writing retreat!" Okuyasu chuckles

Rohan exhales deeply as he rolls his eyes "I swear you are an idiot."

"Thanks for the offer Rohan but we're not interested. Koichi and I gotta get started on our science project. Come on Koichi." Okuyasu said while he and Koichi turned around and started walking away from Rohan.

"I'll pay you guys 300 each." Rohan said

Okuyasu quickly turns around and dashed towards Rohan. His eyes turned into money signs "D-Did you say….300 each?"

"Indeed. Only if you agree to watch my house while I'm on my retreat." Rohan said

"We'll do it!" Okuyasu said

"What?!" Koichi shouts

Okuyasu leans in towards Koichi and whispers " Come on Koichi, This is 300 we're talking. This is a once in a lifetime offer. We can't screw this up."

"But what about our science project? It's due Monday!" Koichi asked

"We'll do it at Rohan's house while we're watching it, then we'll get paid for it and our science project will be done. Easy as that! What do you say?" Okuyasu explained

Koichi thinks about it for a second. "Okay, let's do it!"

"Koichi and I both agreed to do it. "Okuyasu said

"Excellent. Be at my house at 7:30pm. I'm leaving at 8:00pm. See you two there." Rohan said as he walked away.


at Rohan's house

Later that same evening, Rohan was explaining to them the rules and regulations of them watching his house.

"I want to go over some things with you two before I leave. Do not touch anything in here. From my books to my manga scripts. You guys can help yourselves to anything in the refrigerator. That's it! Are we clear?" Rohan explained

"Crystal!" Okuyasu agreed

"Yes." Koichi said nervously

"Alright. I'll be back Tuesday afternoon. See you guys later." Rohan said as he walked out the house.

Koichi pulls out and sets up the science project while Okuyasu looks around the house.

"Okay since we're gonna be staying over for a few days, We might as well get started on this project. Okay so...mercury...venus...earth. I got it. We can use styrofoam to build the solar system planets. Okuyasu! Come here I figured out what we can do for our science project!" Koichi shouted

"Okuyasu?" Koichi said as he turned around and saw Okuyasu holding a picture of Rohan when he was a child.

"Okuyasu! What are you doing?! Did you hear what Rohan said? He told us not to touch anything!" Koichi exclaimed

"Relax Koichi, I'm just looking at this picture of Rohan when he was a little kid...Haha look Koichi! He had a missing tooth in front...Haha!" Okuyasu chuckled

"Will you stop joking around? This is serious! We gotta finish our project before Monday!" Koichi said as he walked back over in the living room to finish the project.

Okuyasu puts the picture back down then sees Rohan's golden cat statue that's in a glass container. He opens the container then takes it out to hold it.

"Hey Koichi, Look at this golden cat. It's so cool!" Okuyasu said cheerfully while holding the golden cat in his hands.

"Ah! Okuyasu, Leave that alone! That's Rohan's rare golden cat statue!" Koichi shouted

"Chill Koichi, I'm gonna put it right back-" Okuyasu said as he tried to put the golden cat statue back inside the container but the statue ended up slipping through his fingers causing it to break.

The golden statue pieces were scattered all over the floor. Koichi turns around and sees the statue pieces scattered everywhere.

"Oops!" Okuyasu said

"Aaah! Oh no, This is bad! What are we gonna do? Rohan is gonna kill us once he sees this!" Koichi exclaimed as he ran towards the broken statue pieces and held a lump of it in his hands.

"Don't worry Koichi. Rohan is not gonna kill us. My dad used to be a craftsman. It's in the Nijimura's blood. Give the pieces to me. I'll fix it. Just give me 20 minutes." Okuyasu said as he took the statue pieces from Koichi.

(20 minutes later)

"See Koichi, I told you that Rohan isn't gonna kill us cause I fixed it up." Okuyasu said.

The statue was unevenly glued together causing it to fall apart again.

"Yeah, he's gonna kill us." Okuyasu said

Koichi palm slapped his forehead "This is bad! What are we gonna do now?"

A lightbulb appeared over Okuyasu's head "I got it! How about we find a replacement for it. There should be some good ones online."

Moments later, Koichi and Okuyasu were on Rohan's desktop computer to look for a replacement for the golden cat statue.

"Golden cat statue...Bingo! Here it is the golden cat statue!" Koichi said

"Click on that one!" Okuyasu said as he pointed his finger to the picture of the statue

Koichi clicks on the picture then looks at the price.

"Are you kidding me?...How much…?" Koichi shouted

"They want 1,200 yen! for that?! Why the hell does it cost so much?" Okuyasu shouted

Koichi starts reading the description underneath the picture of the statue. "It says here that it's handcraft made from real gold and was found in the late 1800's in China. Pretty much high quality. No wonder why it's rare."

"Well it's no use. We're gonna be manga material again." Okuyasu said

"Not quite. Look! It says that there's an auction tomorrow here in Morioh and there's a golden cat statue up for sale. The bid starts at 375 yen!" Koichi explained

"That's much cheaper than the one we just saw! We're going to that auction tomorrow morning and winning that golden cat!" Okuyasu cheered


at the auction warehouse

The next morning, Koichi and Okuyasu are at the auction warehouse. Inside, they're walking through the auction bidding to see if they could find the golden cat.

"Wow! This place is huge!" Okuyasu said while looking around in the warehouse.

"I know right. But we gotta keep our eyes on the prize and stay focused, that golden cat has to be somewhere." Koichi said as he looked around.

"Right." Okuyasu nodded his head

Pop up ads started approaching Okuyasu left and right to promote the ads that they're offering.

"Get rid of belly fat using this one trick!" Pop up ad# 1 said

"I love tricks!" Okuyasu responded

"Congratulations! You're a winner!" Pop up ad# 2 said

"Really?" Okuyasu responded

"Wanna make some extra cash by selling items? Click here and find out how!" Pop up ad# 3 said

Koichi grabs Okuyasu by his arm and pulls him away "Come on, Okuyasu!"

"But there's a lot of cool stuff here." Okuyasu said

Koichi and Okuyasu sees a male bidder bidding on a candle wax figure shaped like Michael Jordan.

"Do I hear 350? Who'll give me 350? 50, 50 now." One auctioneer said

"400!" the male bidder responded

"Going once, going twice…" The auctioneer slams his gavel down "Sold! The candle wax figure shaped like international basketball star Michael Jordan...goes for 400."

"Woo hoo! I won!" Male bidder said as he received his voucher.

Okuyasu turns to Koichi "Are you understanding how this game works?"

"I think all you have to do is yell out the biggest number and then you win, I guess." Koichi explained while shrugging his shoulders.

"Ah. Well anyway, let's look for that golden cat. Do you see it anywhere, Koichi?" Okuyasu asked while looking around

Koichi spots the golden cat on the Auctioneer's table at the far end of the warehouse. "There it is, I see it! Oh crap! Someone's trying to win it! Come on and let's go!"

The boys started running down the warehouse to get to the last auctioneer's table.

"We got 375. With 60 seconds left in the auction, 375" The auctioneer said

A female bidder was at the table with the golden cat. Okuyasu runs and pushes her out the way.

"Move! Move! Outta the way!" Okuyasu shouts

"I'll do 400-...Hey! Excuse you!" Female bidder yells

"Sorry lady, but this golden cat is ours! I'll do 410!" Okuyasu said

"410! Can you give a 415? 415?" The auctioneer said

The female bidder pierced her eyes at Okuyasu then looked at the auctioneer "Hmm, I'll do 425."

The female bidder then looks at Okuyasu with a smirk on her face.

"Alright then lady, 515!"

"520!"

"525!"

"Okuyasu, This lady is too good. She keeps coming up with random numbers like it's nothing." Koichi said nervously

"Don't worry Koichi, She won't even stand a chance on this next bid that I'm gonna do. Watch this!" Okuyasu whispers to Koichi then shouts his bid.

"1,000!"

Koichi's eyes wided while jaw dropped.

"1,000! We now have a bid of 1,000!" Auctioneer said

"See Koichi, I told you that she won't stand a chance against our bid." Okuyasu said while crossing his arms.

The female bidder continued to pierce her eyes at Okuyasu while letting out a growl.

"4,000!" The female bidder shouted

"4,000! Do I hear 4,015?" Auctioneer asked

Okuyasu and the female bidder go back and forth bidding against each other.

"5,000!"

"6,000!"

"7,000!"

"8!"

"9!"

"10!"

"11!"

"12!"

"13!"

"14!"

"14,001!"

The female bidder had a shocked look on her face after Okuyasu's bid was higher than hers.

The auctioneer slams his gavel down "And sold! For 14,001 to the weird young man with the lines in his face, that's with the short young man!"

"Hey! That's us! We won!" Okuyasu cheered

The female bidder scoffs then rolls her eyes and walks away. Okuyasu sticks his tongue out and blows a raspberry at the woman.

"Congratulations. Here's your voucher for auction item#193462. Please take it to the checkout for processing." Auctioneer said as he gave Okuyasu the voucher.

At the checkout box office, Okuyasu gives the voucher to the female employee named Avlon.

"So we are set to ship one golden cat statue…" Avlon said

"Mhmm." Okuyasu said

"To Mr. Rohan Kishibe in Morioh, with express shipping that should arrive Monday afternoon." Avlon explained while reading off the computer.

"That's the day before Rohan comes back home. We're way ahead of schedule!" Okuyasu said cheerfully

"I know right! We did it!" Koichi cheered

"I'll just need a credit or debit card number." Avlon said

Koichi and Okuyasu have puzzled looks on their faces.

"Sorry, A who? what? number? Okuyasu questions

"A credit or debit card number." Avlon repeated

"Number...Uh… let's see 22." Okuyasu replied

"Excuse me?" Alvon said as she looks up at him

"Sorry, You're right. that's stupid I mean 14." Okuyasu said

"Those aren't credit or debit card numbers." Avlon said calmly

"I think they are." Okuyasu said

"How exactly do you intend to pay for this item? You owe 14,001 yen." Avlon said

Okuyasu had a puzzled look on his face "Wha?"

"Yen? Yen like money?" Koichi questions

"Correct. And if you don't have a credit or debit card, we also take cash or checks." Avlon explained

"Uh..ha..Okay you're gonna laugh. So I left my wallet at home along with my keys and I'm pretty sure that the door's locked and I can't get inside." Okuyasu said

Avlon took off her glasses and laced her hands together. "Uh huh. Look sir, If you don't pay within the 24 hour period, you will be in violation of the unpaid item policy. You will forfeit this bid and lose this item. Next!"


uh oh! It looks like both Koichi and Okuyasu ran into some money troubles while claiming their prize. Can the boys figure out a way to collect their reward? Or will they go home empty handed?

To be continued