So, here we are again. T'is Valentine's Day as I write this, and I hope you all have a good one!

italics = memories

Disclaimer: I don't own Ronin Warriors. Never have, never will

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"I wanna give this girl a call, but I dunno what to say."

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Kento sighed. "Well, here goes," he said, beginning to punch in her number…

Hardrock sighed. He didn't know what he was thinking when he agreed to meet Saki the nurse. He had called her three days ago, and had been worried that she wouldn't remember him. Truth was, she had said she was happy to hear from him again and glad that he was doing better. That, and the fact that she'd "just LOVE to meet him somewhere" for their first date.

So here Kento was, in Shinjuku, sitting on a park bench, waiting for her. He had never seen her out of scrubs, so he was worried that he wouldn't recognize her, or vice-versa. Cye had brought him to the city to meet her, since he still couldn't drive; and since he didn't know when this date would end, Hardrock had told Torrent to just hang around the city. So Cye had gone off, to who knew where, though he had been muttering something about some plans. Kento just hoped that whatever or wherever he and Saki-

"Kento?"

Hardrock came out of his thoughts and looked up, to see Saki. "I was just thinking about you," he said, standing. "I was wondering when you'd show up."

She smiled that same cute smile he was sure that patients were also glad to see when she worked. "I was wondering if I'd recognize you in regular clothes when I saw you," she admitted, nervously twisting a lock of ebony hair. "Your face is one I couldn't forget."

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"Can you see them?"

"Yea, I can see them, but you're on my foot!"

"Shut up! We don't want anyone hearing us!"

From the bushes across from the park bench, Ryo, Sage, and Cye hid, while Rowen sat above in the tree next to the bunch of greenery.

And they wonder why I think their idiots half the time, Rowen mused, sitting back in the tree he was perched in, where he could comfortably see Kento and the now-arrived Saki. Strata had only agreed to spy on their friend because he was bored, had finished his current book, and had nothing else to do.

Halo, Wildfire, and Torrent had all planned on spying on their hurt friend and his date because they themselves hadn't seen her as much as Hardrock had during the time he had been in the hospital. From what their friend had told them, she was a cute, short nurse with something that was just so…adorable about her, that he wasn't sure how she couldn't already have a boyfriend.

"Hey! They're moving! Let's follow 'em!" Ryo silently exclaimed.

"Fine, but first, get OFF my foot!" Sage snapped back

Cye just sighed. Rowen smiled and watched as Hardrock and Saki walked away from the park bench, her arms wrapped around his left arm to keep him stable on his feet.

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"So where would you like to go?" asked Saki, as she held onto Kento loosely. She didn't want him to fall over, since from what he had told her, this was the first time he'd been out of the house and his own bed since he left the hospital. Suddenly, she heard a stomach growl.

"Eh, sorry about that," he said sheepishly. "I haven't had much to eat today."

"That's alright, I haven't either," she said, smiling. She felt her own stomach grumble a bit. "How about lunch then?"

"Sounds great to me," he told her. "Where would you like to go?"

"Hm…"

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This chapter was a bit shorter. Sorry, but I'm having a block for this story. Review what you think of this/give me ideas?