The Legend of the Solar whip
Chapter Nine
By Wildfire
Ryo laid on Rowen's bed, he knew he has seen Alan delivering the pizza but he hadn't told any one. Alan was dead, very very dead. So how could he have seen him?
"Ryo?" Rowen enters the room "how are you feeling? We still have pizza, or dad says he can take you to the doctors if you want."
"No it's ok, but thanks anyway."
Rowen sits on the bed next to him. "What happened by the way?"
"I dono" he lied "I just don't know"
Rowen nods "Are you ok?' He runs a gentle hand through Ryo's dark locks.
Ryo leans slightly into the touch "Yeah I'm fine"
"None of this should have ever happened to you… we should have been there. I'm so sorry we weren't there" Rowen lays down beside him, pulling him against him
"It's not your fault."
"We shunned you… for no reason'
Ryo laughs "you had reason, I was a jerk to you"
"We should have known something was up, that you would never do that"
"Stop with the guilt trips Rowen, it wasn't your fault"
"It wasn't yours either. You don't think it's your fault, do you Ryo?"
Ryo stiffens slightly. "I should have told you.. Or stayed away-"
"RYO! No, this is one thing you can not blame yourself for! Not now or ever!" He snuggles into him. "I'm sorry, why don't we go get you something to eat? It might make you feel better"
"I'm really not that hungry Rowen, maybe later."
Rowen sighs "Alright, I called Sage he's going to come over and see you, make sure your ok"
"Just Sage?"
"Yeah I couldn't get a hold of Kento or Cye but I left a Message'
Ryo groans "Danm it Rowen do you have to tell everyone about my downfalls?"
A chuckle left Rowen's lips "Yes, yes I do"
"ROWEN! Your blond American friend is here!"
Rowen and Ryo both grimaced at the American part.
"I better go get him before he kills my dad." He pulls away from Ryo and heads downstairs. Ryo could hear them talking, Sage was trying to explain to Mr. Hashiba that he was not an American. Rowen was trying to get Sage upstairs.
Ryo sighs and sits up looking around the room. Was it Alan he saw? Maybe it was just trauma. He sighs and heads for the bathroom he starts up the shower and strips down stepping under the hot spray.
"Useless boy…'
Ryo's eyes jerk open and he looks around "Hello?"
"Need to be taught a lesson"
Ryo whirls around "Who's there? Come out" His heart was thumping loudly in his chest. He knew the voice, but it couldn't be.
He felt a hand run along his back and he whirls around again. No one was there. Hands were on his waist, he yanks away pressing his back to the shower wall. "Leave me alone.. Please just leave me alone"
He was staring straight ahead, no one was there and yet as soon as he closed his eyes there were hands touching him. This was just his imagination, it was just his imagination. There wasn't hands touching him there wasn't anyone in the room with him. No one was there. Just him, he was alone.
"You deserve this boy, I deserve your body"
Ryo's eyes slam open again, no one was there. He shut the water off and quickly got out of the shower. He was going insane, he has to be. He was insane.
"But what if your not" arms wrapped around his waist
Ryo slammed his eyes shut again. "Your not here, your dead, your dead"
A chuckle sounded behind him. "I'm here and I'm alive, and your alive, but not for long"
"How?"
"I want to kill you" Nails dug into Ryo's stomach a tongue slid along his neck. "But we'll play first. And I'm planning on having lots of fun"
"Ryo? You ok in there?"
The hands stilled on Ryo's "Say yes" it whispers into his ear.
Ryo stood there frozen, he didn't want to die..
"Ryo?" the door handle rattles "Open the door Ryo"
He stares at the door, he hadn't locked the door. He knew he didn't.
"Say your fine Ryo" The hands move to his hips "now, or I'll kill them too"
Ryo's eyes harden at that "No!" He whirls around and kicks at the air. No one was there, he jumps at the bathroom door was suddenly kicked in. Sage stood there, eyes widen to see Ryo standing there, naked.
Ryo normally would have blushed but at the moment he didn't care, he crumbles. Sage caught him. "Ryo?"
"He's not dead… he's here. He's going to kill me.."
"Who, Ryo what are you talking about?" Sage put a towel over him.
"Alan.. He's still alive"
"No Ryo, Alan is dead" he runs a hand over the scratch marks on Ryo's stomach "Ryo did you do this?"
"No Alan did.. He's alive"
"Ryo…"
"I'm not insane Sage! He's alive!"
Sage sighs and nods "alright Ryo… how did he come back to life than?"
"I DONO! But he's different now, I never saw him, I just felt him and heard him."
"You talking about a ghost Ryo?"
Ryo freezes. Was that what it was? A ghost? "Maybe.."
"Ryo, ghosts don't exists they're something made up to make people feel better when their loved ones dies or to scare people. When people die, they die. They don't come back"
"Tell that to Talpa, or even us!" Ryo sits up moving away from Sage.
"That's different Ryo, we're mystical."
"What if he is too?"
"No Ryo.. He was just a normal evil man. He can't come back to life. He can't. It was just your imagination" Sage pulls him close again. "No one is going to hurt you."
Ryo clung to him, crying.
Sage closes his eyes. His leader was broken. And possibly going insane.. He held tightly to Ryo, this just couldn't be happening. He rocks him gently. "We'll figure this out Ryo, what ever it is that's happening" He gently picked Ryo up taking him back to Rowen's room, where Rowen was waiting.
"He ok?" Rowen had heard most of it but let Sage handle it. Sage was better at this junk. Though not by much.
"I dono, maybe we should call Cye or Kento. He thinks Alan is haunting him."
"Ghosts are just a figment-"
"Rowen I know what a ghost is. It doesn't stop the fact that Ryo's seeing them"
"I didn't see him" he mumbles into Sage's shoulder "I felt and heard him, I'm not insane"
"We're not saying that Ryo, we're just worried about you."
"I don't need your pity"
Sage lays him down on the bed "I don't think we could pity you Ryo.. You'd kill us" He covers him up.
Ryo nods "Danm right…" he yawns "one of you stay?"
Rowen nods "we'll be here, promise."
Ryo nods curling up onto his side, eyes closing.
The room stays silent for a while before Sage sighs and sits at Rowen's desk "what are we going to do?" He whispers.
"I dono, I'm going to go try the guys again, you wait here" Rowen silently leaves the room. Sage moves over to the bed sitting down on it. Staring down at Ryo. How could everything change so quickly?
Kento stood next to Cye staring down at Ryo. "So.. Should we send him to doctor?"
"He'd hate us for it" Sage was still seated in the desk chair leaning on his knees. "He'd never forgive us"
"He's still sure he's not insane" Rowen sighs leaning against the wall.
Cye's head jerks up "Who says he is?" he hiss's out. "If this was reversed and it was me or you. Do you really think Ryo wouldn't believe you? You think he'd sit here debating if we should send us to a doctor? I think he'd believe us, he'd be skeptical but he'd try an believe. I think we should give him the same respect!"
Kento nods and moves to Ryo's bed, kneeling down so he was level with Ryo. "I'll believe you"
Ryo kept sleeping.
Kento stood up "alright so now we need to figure out how to fight a ghost!"
"What about an exorcism?" Cye offers
Sage and Rowen groan.
"Those don't work, and even if it did it would probably do more bad than good." Rowen stands "I doubt we're dealing with an actual ghost, first we need to figure out what it is we're dealing with."
"You still don't believe him!" Kento accused.
"Kento he's been through a lot. These things are relatively common after large trauma's"
"This is RYO we're talking about! He defeated Talpa, TWICE plus countless other evil things! If he was really this prone to craziness don't you think he would have gone insane LONG ago."
"That could be contributing to it now. And if he mentions it to anyone else they'll really think he's insane."
"Why would he bring that up? He knows better!"
"He's not exactly himself"
"Stop talking about him like he's already in a straight jacket!"
"I'm not, it's just-"
Ryo laid with his eyes closed listening to them debate if he was insane or not. He was starting to wonder the same thing. They had brought up a lot of good points.
