Chapter 2
While we were walking I looked up ahead as Mimi was showing Rita around. It seemed like she loved Japan already. Mimi had mentioned that Rita wanted to move to Japan for years. For some reason I couldn't look away, when Rita smiled I felt like smiling, I know that I just met her, but I think I might have a crush. This hasn't happened before, I mean I have thought that some girls were cute but this was different "Izzy?" I looked up and saw Tai and Matt. They gave me that 'what are you thinking' kind of look. "Uh what?" I replied. "You're blushing," Tai said laughing. "Wha WHAT?" I stuttered, "I think our little computer genius has a crush on somebody," Matt said as he joined in laughing with Tai. "You guys are crazy what makes you think something like that?" I asked. "Oh just a hunch being that your blushing a lot since a certain someone came here, and that you can't seem to take your eyes off of her." Tai said as he smacked my back sending me flying to the ground. "You're both insane," I yelled to them as I then stormed off ahead. Okay yeah she was cute but me liking her, that's not like me, that and I don't know anything about her, for crying out loud I just met her. I looked up to see her standing beside Mimi and Sora as they looked off of the bridge into the water. "It's so pretty," Rita stated as I walked up to them, I could still hear Tai and Matt laughing in the background. "Yeah it is," Mimi replied. "OH MY GOD LOOK," Sora yelled. She pointed into the water where she saw a puppy being carried away by the river current; there was a little girl about the age of six I would assume, running on the side of the river crying out, "MIPU HOLD ON." "Oh no the poor thing will drown," Mimi yelled out. Before anyone could stop her, Rita jumped off of the bridge and dove into the water. We all shouted out to her, "RITA."
The bridge was high up, that was a huge jump she made. We all ran down to the bottom of the bridge where we saw Rita grab the puppy. However the water was rushing fast, we had to do something. T.K, Kari, Cody, Yolie, and Ken all went to go get help. Sora and Mimi were holding onto the little girl trying to stop her from crying. Mimi was panicking though, tears steamed down her face, and we soon found out why. "Mimi, she will be okay," Tai reassured her. "No she won't," Mimi cried out. "What makes you think that," Sora asked. "Because… SHE CANT SWIM." We all went white; she knew she couldn't swim however she dove in to save a puppy. "OH MY GOD RITA I'M COMMING!" Davis screamed as Tai and Matt held him back from jumping in. I knew how worried he was, they knew he would jump in to save her, they wouldn't assume I would though. So before they could stop me I dove in. "IZZY," They yelled. I didn't care about the risks… I had to help her.
I swam with the current, time passed and I still saw no sign of her, up ahead the river current slowed down. I kept looking but I still couldn't find her. What if she had drowned, I though to myself, although I knew I had to stay positive. I was about to lose hope when I heard a puppy barking. I swam faster up ahead till I saw on the side of the river, Rita lying unconscious. "RITA," I yelled out as I swam to the side of the river where the puppy was barking like crazy as well as licking Rita's face trying desperately to wake her. I ran over beside her and turned her on her back. Thank god I knew CPR. I placed my ear towards her chest. I heard a heartbeat, which means she was alive. I looked down at her, she wasn't moving, and her pulse was getting lower and lower. I knew what I had to do, and if it was anyone else I wouldn't hesitate, but I felt awkward, I know that CPR isn't something romantic, but more then anything I wanted to kiss her. "GAH," I screamed out, this was no time to be thinking perverted thoughts. I bent down and opened her mouth as I plugged her nose, blowing a few breaths into her mouth. I felt her heart race faster. I felt so relieved as I saw her eyes open. "You okay Rita?" I asked. "I-Izzy?" She said weakly. "Yeah," I replied as I held her hand. "How's the puppy?" She asked as she coughed up some water. "It's just fine," I replied as I placed the puppy beside her, I saw her smile as the puppy licked her face. "Thank goodness," she said as she closed her eyes. Her heart rate slowed down a bit; I knew I had to get her to the hospital. I quickly lifted her up and moved her slowly onto my back. I held tight onto her as well as the puppy in my arms, I then started walking back towards everyone.
It didn't take long for me to find them, being they were all running down the side of the river. "IZZY," Mimi called out. "HOW IS SHE?" Tai yelled out. When I finally caught up with them, they had an ambulance waiting. They placed her on a stretcher as they attached an oxygen machine to her. They told us to meet them at the hospital, being that Mimi was her relative she stayed in the ambulance with her. We were about to leave when Mimi called out. "Izzy," "what is it?" I replied. "I want you to come in here with me, you saved her after all, that and I need to talk to you." She said with a serous look on her face. I nodded, Tai, Matt and Sora wanted to come in as well, the others said they would meet us there in an hour.