Chiyo: So you're all probably wondering like 'what's up with this gamer chick (no it's not me *cries in corner*) and since I don't get reviews (I'm okay with that because *hugs Urufu* PrinceUrufu is fricken great and I love you :3 ) I'm going to guess that's what you want?, and if it's not well shit. But it'll be like half about her and half not, or maybe even less or whatever, but it's going to be a max of half the story about her and then the rest is whatever pops in this area where people call the 'brain' XD also, this story was all planned, so if you're reading other fanfics and you're like 'oh hey this idea was also in *insert 7,000 fanfic names here* why are you stealing other peoples ideas?' well please don't think that because this was purely my idea when I started writing this fanfic, I AM aware that others may be writing something like this, but I did not take anyone's ideas... I think I'm going on to much I'm just going to shut up now and pretend like none of this ever happened! *nails sign to the wall* "I DO NOT OWN TMM"

Chapter 11

Past and Present

Ryou flicked Ichigo's nose, holding back a chuckle. "I'm not the only weird one."

"So how did you guys meet?" Ichigo asked, sitting cross legged now.

Ryou groaned and sat up, completely regretting answering ANY of her questions...

Ryou's past (After all the flashbacks with Ryou in the anime and before the anime even takes place)

Ryou was tired of all the kids picking fights with him and walking home to Keiichiro sighing, but not yelling at him or anything. A group of kids walked up to him, they were all annoying. Their looks said that themselves. "Hey, Ryou!" The taller one said, his voice was high pitched for a guy and he had his hands stuffed in his pockets. "Come on, we have something to show ya!"

"Get lost." Ryou said coldly. He didn't even look at the guys, but he still knew who they were. The same kids who brought him behind the school to get the shit kicked out of him. "I don't care."

The tallest girl there walked forward. "But you would if it's only us... Right?" Her voice was quiet, lower for a girl, and didn't mean a word she said.

"No." Ryou started walking around the group, but the shortest guy there stood in front of him. "Leave me alone." He was obvously annoyed, but he didn't yell or anything.

A short girl ran over, a big sweater on so it went past her hands and she wore her school uniform underneath it. Her sweater dropped off her shoulders. Her dark blue hair went to her shoulders, matching her dark blue eyes. She had glasses on, which only made her more cute. "He said leave him alone!" She yelled. Although her yell was quiet, she was still stern. "Knock it off!"

"Why don't you go back to playing your little games, Nanako?" The boy sighed, folding his arms.

"Leave Ryou alone!" Nanako yelled, standing in front of Ryou. "Just go eat lunch without causing trouble, Nori. I'm tired of getting in trouble because of your stupidity." Nanako said, shoving her hands in her pockets. She turned around to Ryou who was completely confused. "Come on, if we're inside then Nori and his friends can't beat you up again." She said with a warming smile, walking with Ryou inside. "Sorry about that..."

"It's fine." Ryou was walking with his hands behind his head and his eyes closed. "Why did you stop him?"

"Nori? He's my adopted brother and whenever he gets in trouble in school, blames it on me." Nanako had her head down, not looking at Ryou at all.

Ryou didn't speak for a while. "How did you know my name?" He asked finally, breaking the silence.

The two sat in a classroom on the second floor of the school and Nanako pulled out her gameboy. "I walked by you outside of school and you were with an older man, cleaning you up from a fight." She said quietly, playing a game, meaning she wasn't going to look up.

Ryou sighed heavily. He really hated being beat up by those jerks, so he was really mad, but just pushed it off. "You don't have any friends?" Ryou asked, leaning back in his chair and his arms crossed.

"No." Nanako said quietly. "No one really likes me, I'm really smart and love games." She sighed, her blue hair falling in front of her face. "That's ok though, I don't really need any friends." Her voice was almost a whisper.

After that day, Ryou always sat with her during lunch in the same classroom at the same desks. They stayed in contact with each other, but one day she wanted to talk in person. "Hey." Ryou called to his friend, buying ice cream.

"Ryou!" She grabbed her ice cream and ran over to Ryou, hugging him. She wore the same sweater, falling off both her shoulders and going past her hands. Her skirt was short, but it was long enough to cover everything. "I'm sorry..." She stepped back, away from Ryou. Her beautiful dark blue eyes filling with tears. "I have to move to America... Because I'm not old enough to stay here, by myself..." Ryou didn't respond, much less he was frozen. She was really his only friend and didn't want to lose her. "...My family is moving to America. And I'm forced to go with them... I'll be back in Tokyo later though! Please don't change your number... I'll text you..." Tears were flooding down her face, she really didn't want to leave.

"...It's fine..." Ryou said, although he didn't mean it. Nanako pulled Ryou into a hug. Before she left his arms, she gave him a quick kiss.

"B-bye... Ryou..." She whispered, holding her ice cream close to her.

"Bye, Nanako..." Ryou waved to her by holding up his hand and watched her run off crying. He sighed, not really feeling up to anything anymore and walked home.

Back in the present with Ichigo and Ryou!

Ichigo couldn't say anything, she felt so bad for him. It was around midnight anyway, and her dad was going to murder her. "Lets get you home." Ryou said, standing up and holding out his hand for her. She nodded, grabbing his and walking alongside him. "You're pretty quiet now..."

"I-I just... I feel bad for you. I mean having a close friend move that far away..." Ichigo said. Her friends, Moe and Miwa, had recently moved back to her school about a couple days ago, so they went to school there now, but they did miss a couple days to help their parents unpack. So for about 3 years, her friends were going to a different school.

Ryou didn't say anything for a bit, he didn't want to make her even more sad for him. "It's fine, she said she'd come back to Tokyo sometime, so you don't have to be that worried about me." Ryou said as they were getting closer to her house.

"I guess..." They stopped in front of her door. Ryou didn't really want to go inside, he did kind of just re-live a living hell of his... I mean losing a really close friend is terrible, why would anyone want to remember that? Ichigo turned around to Ryou, holding his hand still. "Thank you... For tonight, that was really great." She said with a smile on her face. Ryou couldn't help but smile back. Ichigo stepped up on her tippy toes and pulled him into a kiss. He immediately kissed her back. She heard stomping in her house getting louder as she pulled away. "Bye, Ryou." She waved, reciving a wave back and Ryou started walking to the cafe.

Not a second after she entered her house, her father was right there. "WHO WAS HE? WHY ARE YOU SO LATE? WHAT'S GOING ON MISSY?!" He screamed, making Ichigo sigh in anger.

Sakura walked over to her daughter. "Shintaro! You're so rude to our daughter! She has to grow up sometime, as much as we hate it... She can date who she wants!"

"THAT WAS HER BOSS, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT!" Shintaro yelled, folding his arms.

"Can I not walk in my house and get screamed at?!" Ichigo yelled. Her night was still great, and she didn't want her parents to ruin it. She walked into her room, locking the door behind her so her dad couldn't burst in. "Ugh, my dad needs to calm down... But that Nanako girl... What if she comes back and Ryou still likes her? Why am I getting so jealous?!" She shoved her face into her pillow and screamed. "But what if she goes to my school? What if I don't even realize it's her?!" Ichigo was yelling into her pillow, flailing her arms. "Well more importantly, why the frick am I so jealous?!" A long, drawn out, heavy sigh left Ichigo's lips and she curled up in a ball, falling asleep after a while.

She couldn't quite remember it, but when she woke up the next morning, her dream was bothering her. Why couldn't she remember it if she knew it was bothering her? She ignored her father and waved to her mother as she ran out of the door. She took off towards her school, expecting to meet Nanako just beacuse she was worried about her. But it was quite the opposite of what she expected. "We're finally done moving!" Moe clapped. "What about you Miwa? I can help out if you want." It's like they didn't really see Ichigo walking behind them.

"We're almost done, we just have to finish unpacking everything for the kitchen." Miwa said happily. The three walked to their lockers. "Ichigo! Moe told me Ryou took you out on a date!"

"Ah..." Ichigo didn't really know what to say, she didn't know if she SHOULD say anything.

Masaya was at his locker, talking to his friends. "So, you guys dating?!" Moe asked, shutting her locker.

"What- I-... I don't know?" Ichigo said, grabbing her books from her locker.

Moe sighed, grabbing her books from her locker. "You're totally dating!" Miwa yelled happily, clapping. "And it's way cuter then Masaya and you!"

"I like it here better then our other school..." Moe whispered. "Yeah! You and Ryou are so cute together!"

The girls were walking to their class when Ichigo was stopped by someone grabbing her hand. Her friends stopped and turned around to watch. Ichigo turned around, seeing Masaya there with a hint of pain in his eyes. "So you really were dating someone else?" He asked. "I should have known... You could have just told me, Ichigo..."

"Let go!" Ichigo snapped, yanking her hand away. "First your friends try hooking up with me and now you're trying to get back with me." Ichigo whispered to herself. "Would you just leave me alone? I wasn't dating anyone else, how many times am I going to have to say this?"

Masaya sighed, looking down. "Well you obviously liked someone else a lot more then you liked me while we were dating..."

Moe and Miwa gasped, covering their mouth, as they heard the sound of Ichigo slapping the tree-hugger. "Stop trying to get with me! I don't like you!" Ichigo turned her back on Masaya and walked to her friends. "You guys look like you just saw a ghost..."

"We can't believe you did that!" Moe said, walking with Ichigo and Miwa to their class.

"Yeah! Like you never slap people!" Miwa laughed, sitting down at her desk.

The three girls started gossiping like always. The school day went by pretty fast and Ichigo was walking to work. She was so tired out, she had no clue what she was going to do in work. She walked in, recieving a glare from Pudding. "You're late!" She shouted.

"Give her a break." Mitsukie groaned, cleaning the table. "It's been a long day for most of us Pudding, we don't need you all over us when we're late."

"She's always late!" Pudding yelled, dropping the mop and folding her arms. "Always!"

With a heavy sigh, Ichigo walked into the changing room. Her mind was on so much, she was actually kind of nervous. What if Nanako was actually here? Here in Tokyo? And not to mention that Moe and Miwa probably spread rumors about Ichigo and Ryou dating... Everything was seeming weird to Ichigo...

Chiyo: Haahaa... Ok well I needed a place to stop, so this is probably really short compared to the others, but yes... That did happen XD Although I'm still not sure if I should make Nanako come into the story or not ... *goes into thinking mode*

Izumi: Well... Uh... Thanks for reading! *gives a nervous thumbs up* Stay in tuned for chapter 12!

Chiyo: Also, hopefully next chapter will be longer then the others :3