Hello everyone! I've got the next chapter out; hope you like it. A few things; I've always imagined arcades in animes would be like the Crown Arcade from Sailor Moon, so I guess just imagine this one to be like that. Secondly, did you know there are 256 levels of Pac-Man?

this here = 1st one is a recap, 2nd is all thoughts

Disclaimer: I don't own the Ronin Warriors or Pac-Man. They belong to their respective owners

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"I'm sorry I pried," Saki apologized. "I was curious, and I shouldn't have asked. It's your business, and it's not exactly first date stuff to talk about-"

"No, it's alright," he told her. "You were my care-taker for most of the week, your mind probably went in all kinds of directions." Kento then smiled. "If I were you during those days, I probably would've come up with a bunch of different stories in my head about it."

Saki gave a little smile. "I guess I did come up with a lot of different stories in my own thoughts," she admitted.

Kento grinned. "Then what else shall we talk about now?"

Saki grinned. "How about ordering a sundae?"

"You've got my attention."

"Aw dangit! I lost again!"

"Rowen and I told you not to go up against Sage, didn't we?"

"REMATCH!"

Sage sighed, putting more money into the racing game that was connected with the machine that Ryo had been using. "Alright, but you're going to get you're butt kicked again," Halo simply said.

Seeing that the pair of Kento and Saki were only eating, and had no intention of leaving the café anytime soon, the other Ronins decided that they would go to the arcade. Currently, Ryo and Sage were playing a racing game, in which the unofficial leader wouldn't accept defeat.

"C'mon guys, play another game we can watch Sage kick Ryo's butt!" Rowen exclaimed, laughing a bit. Cye smiled as he and Rowen watched the other two race against each other, Sage in the lead.

"So why won't you give up?" Sage asked. Ryo grunted, turning the wheel of the machine all the way to the right. "'Cuz I never give up!" Wildfire answered.

Rowen started to dig in his pockets, seeing how much money he had. "I think I'm gonna go get something to drink from the machine," he said. "Anyone want anything?"
Torrent and Halo managed to shake their heads, while Wildfire didn't answer, too sucked into the game. "A'ight, be back in a minute," Strata said, walking off towards the machines…

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"Lunch was great! What would you like to do now?" Saki asked.

Damn it, first date in forever and I'm starting to feel like crap. Oh well, guess there's not much I can do about it, considering I didn't think I'd need those damn pain pills while I was out, Kento thought. And having Saki on his arm wasn't helping much, though she was managing to keep him from falling flat on his face about the block and a half they'd walked from the cafe.

He looked across the street, an idea striking him. "How about there?" he said, gesturing with his good hand.

Saki's eyes brightened up. "Alright! I bet I can beat you at any of the games in there!"

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Rowen looked at the doors of the arcade as they slid open. He nearly dropped his drink, but managed to hide just in time behind a DDR machine.

Oh shit! Why the heck are they here? Rowen thought. I gotta go warn the others before those two manage to see us!

Silently, he managed to sneak over past a row of fighting games, though he almost was seen by Kento and Saki. Hardrock had looked in his direction, but after Rowen had managed to hide again.

Finally, Rowen made it back to the others. "Guys, we gotta get out of here and fast!" he exclaimed.

The others just looked up at him. "Why, what's the matter?" asked Ryo, plainly confused.

"Kento and Saki are here!"

"WHAT?"

Rowen started to freak. "If they catch us, Kento's gonna wonder why all of us are here! C'mon, let's go!"

The other three looked at each other, and then smiled. "I've got a better idea," Sage said…

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Kento watched as Saki managed to plow her way through the levels on an old Pac-Man machine. He was impressed by her game prowess; she hadn't lost a life yet, and she was on the 9th or 10th level.

"Wow, you're great at this," he told her. She smiled. "I used to play Pac-Man all the time a few years ago," she answered, as she kept moving the control stick.

Kento smiled, but then suddenly, he felt weird. Like, he was being "watched from somewhere" kind of weird. He looked over his shoulder and didn't see anything other than a row of fighting games and a few other customers.

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"Shit! That was close," Cye whispered, as he and the others had ducked behind the row of fighting games to spy on Kento and Saki.

"I know," Sage answered. "But since they're here, maybe we should leave. You can stay if you want Cye."

"What? Why the bloody hell would I stay behind?!"

"Because he knows that you were going to stay in the city," Rowen told him. "If you two ran into each other, it wouldn't be weird."

"Well, I guess that's true…"

"See ya!" the other three exclaimed, leaving a dust cloud in their wake.

Torrent sighed. Great, left behind by a bunch of bloody wankers. He stood up, walking over to one of the Street Fighter machines. Oh well, guess nothing that bad can happen to me, since Kento asked me to stay in the city earlier. I wonder if they'll notice me from the back-

"Cye? What are you doing here?"