Rya was the first one to wake up in the room. She dressed quickly, and left the room, without waking up Aelita and Yumi. She quietly slinked to Miko's room, and quickly picked the lock. She tiptoed to Miko's chair, and bent down so she was level with his ear. She leaned close, and……..screamed as loud as she could, "WAKE UP, MIKO!!!!!" She laughed as he yelped, and fell out of his chair. Before he could get up, she ran out of the room, slamming the door closed behind her.
Rya was in the cafeteria before anyone else in the group had come in, working on seconds.
"This stuff is good!!" she stated, after she had gotten her third helping of food. Before she could eat it, Miko took it away.
"Ry, I know that you have an iron stomach, but you can gross people out by the way that you eat. But, you are right. This food is pretty good."
"See, I'm not the only one who likes the school food."
"We just said that it was good. We spent the last 5 months on military food. I was sick for a week, and Ry's parents couldn't get her to eat." He had to stop her from trying to get her food back. She pouted in her seat.
"Hey, Ry, would you happen to know who it was that woke us up at 5:30 this morning?"
"Nope. I got up at 5:55. I slept later than I normally would."
"Really? I coulda sworn that you picked the lock on our door, and screamed for me to wake up in my ear as loud as you could."
"I did not. That wasn't as loud as I could scream, and you know it." Miko tried to tackle her, but she ducked under the table.
"I just wanted to thank her for one of her nicer wake up calls."
"Payback!! It was payback! You woke me up at 4 in the morning, knowing that I wouldn't be able to fall back asleep."
"Didn't your doctor give you something for that?"
"Didn't help. It was just sugar pills. I ended up eating them all in one night. Never fell asleep."
"You have insomnia?"
"Nope. That's when you can't fall asleep. I can fall asleep, but once I'm up, I'm up. That's why I have to be hyper all day long, so I just crash at the end of the day." The bell rang, and Rya quickly got out from under the table, avoiding Miko. At the end of the day, Rya had disappeared. Miko told them not to worry, and that she would turn up sooner or later.
He was right. Rya came back a half an hour before curfew. "Sorry about that."
"How much more did you get done, Ry?"
"It's almost done. It's coming out really nicely." Rya took off her vest, and turned around. She had a backless shirt on, and it showed off her tattoo. It was a dark purple dragon twisted around, so it filled up her entire back.
"I still have to get the fire and wings done, but that'll take a while," she said, as she slipped her vest back on. When they got back to the room, Rya was the first one to fall asleep.
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A week later, Rya was called out of science class. She didn't come back to science class or any of her other classes. When Yumi and Aelita went back to their room for a second, most of Rya's things were gone. There was a note left on the desk. They quickly ran back to the bench, with the note.
"Guys, Rya's gone back to America!" Aelita gasped.
"What?!" They shouted.
"She left us a note, saying that someone had come to pick her up during science class, to take her back to America. She also wrote that she might be back in a couple weeks, but might is underlined," Yumi said, handing Miko the note.
"You're kidding." Miko skimmed over the note. "You're not. I wonder why someone was sent to pick her up. Normally, we do these things by ourselves." Sissi suddenly came up to them. She had become sort of a fixture to the Lyoko crew, but she hadn't been bugging Ulrich.
"Miko, can I please speak with you?" ((See?))
"Sure Sissi. I'll be back in a sec, guys." Miko walked off with Sissi.
"What's up, Sissi?" Miko asked, once they were a good distance away from the Lyoko group.
"What's up with you and Rya?" Sissi mumbled.
"Rya?" Miko asked, surprised. He had not been expecting her to ask about Rya. "Sissi, Rya is like a sister to me. We grew up together. We've been sent to the same schools, except when we had to go to those crappy private schools. Why would you think that I like Rya like that?"
"Because you're always hanging out with her, and you seem to have so much fun with her." Miko grinned.
"Sissi, everyone has fun with Rya. She always gets along great with everyone. I bet you that by tomorrow everyone will have noticed that Ry's gone, and they'll start asking questions." Jeanne suddenly came up to them.
"Hey, do you know where Rya is? She's supposed to be helping me with my report."
"She went back to America. She won't be back for a couple weeks."
"What?! How am I supposed to get my report done? I was supposed to be interviewing her." Jeanne walked off with a sigh. Sissi smiled.
"I guess I see what you mean." Miko made a face.
"How could you think that I would like Rya?" Sissi laughed, and punched Miko on the arm.
Miko was right. By the next day, everyone was wondering where Rya was.
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Miko was called out of science class a day later. He, too, didn't come back. When Jeremie went back to his dorm, he found a note. He called his friends, and, after a while, he called Sissi. Soon, all of them were in his room.
"What's up, Jeremie?"
"Miko left a note. 'Hey, guys. I'm going back to America for a while. I'll be back when Rya returns. If she returns, that is. Bye. Miko.'"
"Both of them returned to America?" They were completely shocked. Sissi was struck hardest of all, because she and Miko had just recently started going out.
I betcha weren't expecting that. . Anyways, why do you think Rya and Miko left for America? Do you think that they'll come back, or will they remain in America?
All will be told in the nest chapter of Too Weird Americans.
-Mello-Out-