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Ch. 1
Momoko's p.o.v.
I let out a small sigh as my hands were pressed against my cheek while my elbows rested against my legs as I sat down on the chair waiting for the train to arrive. Two of my best friends, Miyako and Kaoru, were also with me and they were waiting for the train as well. However, Miyako was sitting next to me waiting patiently while Kaoru was standing near us with her arms folded over her chest.
Today, all of us are planning to go to Autumn Beach to see the fireworks lighting up during the festival. I know, a fireworks festival during the fall? Well, the night was pretty warm so this was the only chance we got to embrace the warmth before we could feel the cold again. Since fall break started for us, we decided that tonight would be great to go to the festival so we decided to take the subway to get there.
However, it looked like we were the only ones here since no one was at the subway station. Everything was quiet and it wasn't closed because the lights were still on. We checked the time to see when the next subway will come up and it said that it'll come in about 1 hour. Because of that, the girls and I decided to wait for the train to come up. But it is pretty boring to wait one hour at the station with nothing to do.
"When is that stupid train gonna come?" I heard Kaoru say as she tapped her foot repeatedly against the floor.
"We still gotta wait for at least 1 hour until the train comes so please be patient, Kaoru-san," I heard Miyako say to her in a polite voice.
"I know but its so boring to wait for at least an hour for the train to get here," Kaoru replied. I definitely agree with her on that.
"It is but we gotta wait and plus, its the fastest way to get to the beach," I said.
"Momoko-san's right so we all must be patient," Miyako replied.
"Oh fine!" Kaoru sighed.
As we continued to wait for the train to come up, my ears suddenly picked up on something. I thought I heard a faint sound and I looked around to see if it came from one of the pipes or anything else that could've caused it but I couldn't pinpoint the location on where it came from. Maybe it was my imagination?
Then, I heard the faint sound come up again and thats when I knew that it wasn't my imagination. I don't know where its coming from but I'm pretty sure its coming from one of the subway walls.
"Girls, did you hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what?" Kaoru asked.
"That sound. Its coming from somewhere," I replied.
"I don't hear anything at all, Momoko-san," Miyako said. "It could be your mind playing tricks on you."
"I'm not imagining it, Miyako. I heard the sound again and this time, its actually somewhere here at this station," I said as I stood up.
"It could be a rat making a noise or the loud noises this place makes since the subway station is pretty old," Kaoru tried to explain to me.
"It doesn't sound like the type of noise that an old building would make," I said and walked towards the edge of where the train tracks are.
"Momoko-san, what are you doing?" I heard Miyako say in a worried tone.
I hopped onto the train tracks and started walking near the sides while listening to the faint sound thats still making those noises for my ears to pick up on.
"Momoko, what the heck are you doing!?"
"Please come back, Momoko-san! The train is on its way to pick us up and you mustn't get hit by it if you keep on walking near the tracks!"
"Quit walking and come back, Momoko!"
"Momoko-san!"
I ignored their words and let my mind focus on where the sound is coming from. Hey, I was getting curious on what the noise is and I wasn't gonna rest until I figure out where its coming from. I heard footsteps behind me and I knew that it was my friends running towards me to follow me.
"Morocco, quit walking and come back! It could be an animal making a noise or some sort of machine doing that!"
"Shush, Kaoru-san! I'm starting to hear it!"
"Wait, what!? Since when!?"
"Kaoru-san, be quiet and listen closely!"
"Oh fine!"
I heard silence and the only sounds I could hear were our footsteps.
"Hey, I can actually hear the sound."
"Momoko-san was actually right. There is something make that sound."
"But where is it even coming from?"
"I think its coming from the walls," I answered as we kept on walking with the lights providing us enough light to see where we're going. "Even though the sound is a bit faint, its rising up a little whenever we keep on walking as long as we're close to the walls."
"If its coming from the walls, then there should be a door that could show us where its coming from," Miyako said.
"I doubt there are any doors in a tunnel," Kaoru replied.
I looked around and my eyes spotted something near the electric box. I made my way over there and managed to find a small doorknob pinned to the wall. I took a good look at the wall and it showed an outline that nearly resembles a door. I could hear the sound coming from the other side so that must mean that the source of the sound is on the other side of this door.
"Could this be a door?" Miyako asked.
"What do you know? It is a door," Kaoru said with shock.
"I guess we should open it now," I replied and put my hand on the doorknob.
"But what if there's something scary on the other side?" Miyako said in a hesitant tone.
"There's no way. I'm pretty sure that its only a wall," Kaoru said but nearly gulped.
"Only one way to find out," I took a deep breath and turned the doorknob.
As I opened the door, we looked over and saw that it was a tunnel that stretched out for miles. The sound became a bit louder and it echoed throughout the tunnel.
"A tunnel?" Miyako said confusingly.
"I wonder where it leads to?" Kaoru asked.
"I don't know but we should go check it out," I replied.
We grabbed each other's hands and slowly stepped inside. We sighed in relief that nothing happened and continued walking down the tunnel's path while staying close with each other. The sound was getting louder as we kept on walking and there was a bit of light in here so it wasn't that hard to see. As we kept on walking, I spotted an entryway at the tunnel that was covered with what looked like to be curtains.
"Is that the exit?" Miyako said.
"I don't see an exit sign on top of it," Kaoru said.
"There are some lights seeping through the curtains and the sound is getting pretty loud from there," I said and took a step forward. "This must be where its coming from. We should go look inside!"
We went over to the entryway where its covered by the curtains and pushed them aside to see what the sound is. We were hit by a blast of loud music and lights were flashing all over the area. There were people dressed in flashy outfits and they were dancing to the music while others were in the corner talking or having a good time.
"A party!?" I exclaimed in shock.
"Wow!" Miyako exclaimed.
"Thats what made the sound!?" Kaoru yelled.
I looked at my friends and then I looked around to see what they had in the party. There was a DJ in the corner and he had a pair of headphones on his head while large speakers that were standing on either side of him were blasting a lot of music as people either danced or sang to it. The walls were splattered with some colorful paint and there were also graffiti decorations on them as well.
I saw a snack bar on the other side across from the DJ corner and they were serving either food or refreshments for the party guests here. As I kept on looking around, I heard my friends gasp loudly so I quickly looked at them.
"Girls, whats wrong!?" I asked them in a worried tone.
They pointed to something in front of me so I followed my eyes to where they were pointing at and I gasped as my eyes were wide as dinner plates. In the center of the room were 3 boys dancing to the music and the crowd parted so they could give us a better view at their appearance. They were giving out dance moves that made the crowd awed at them and it looked like they were the center of the stage. My eyes could never stop looking at the boy in the middle. Not only did he had the same hair color as me and same signature color but darker than mine, he also had crimson red eyes that reminded me of a certain someone whom I thought had vanished a long time ago.
"No way!" I shouted.
"It can't be!" Miyako exclaimed.
"But how!?" Kaoru yelled while growling.
"We should get out of here, girls! We can't let them see us!" I turned to look at them.
"B-But what are they even doing here!?" Miyako exclaimed in shock.
"I'd like to know too but probably another day!" Kaoru growled.
"We better go warn the Professor about this right now! We can contact him first before going to the beach!" I said and turned around to get to the exit but accidentally bumped into someone. "Sorry!"
"Just where do you think you're going?" the person said.
I looked over and saw 3 boys blocking our exit way. The one on the left has brown hair with a blue bandana on his head, the one on the middle had brown hair with green goggles on his head, and the one on the right had white hair with black underneath.
"Could you 3 move?" Kaoru asked.
"Sorry but no," the boy with green goggles replied.
"Please let us through! We need to get back home!" Miyako pleaded with them.
"I'm afraid not, little girl," the boy with the blue bandana said.
"How come you won't let us through!?" I asked them.
"You 3 aren't from this place and we've never seen you around here before so you can't leave," the boy with white hair answered to me.
"If you punks won't move, I'll make you move!" Kaoru growled at them.
However, before she could take a step towards them, someone grabbed her waist and held her back.
"Don't even think about going near our friends," a boy said to her.
Suddenly, Miyako and I were suddenly grabbed from behind by our waists and I felt my back pressed against someone's chest. I almost blushed because I could feel his abs pressed against me.
"Tell me, how did you girls find our secret place?" I heard a boy say close to my ear.
"W-We heard a strange sound so we followed it," Miyako nearly shivered.
"Really? You girls must've been curious so you followed it to our area," a boy said to her.
"You Ruffs better let us go or else!" Kaoru growled.
I froze at what she said. Oh no, Kaoru! You weren't supposed to say that! I felt the boy nearly froze and his grip around my waist tighten. I tried to get him to let go of me but he wouldn't.
"How did you know who we were!?" the boy holding Kaoru growled.
"Maybe those girls have heard about you on the news," the boy with green goggles replied.
"That could be it. After all, you 3 are the RowdyRuff Boys: Brick, Boomer, and Butch," the boy with the blue bandana said.
"Looks like there are some who still remembered the villains in the city" the boy with white hair said.
"So you girls remembered us?" Boomer asked.
"Strange, I thought no one would know who we are," Butch said.
"Tell us, who are you girls and what are you doing here?" Brick asked. I really hope they don't know who we are or we're done for.