Despite the Fact You Love Me

Chapter 5

"HEY! I didn't know orbs sprouted legs!" growled Ryo who

was searching for his orb.

"Me neither! I didn't know they had FEELINGS!" Sage

groaned and checked outside to make sure the two orbs didn't decide to go

with the wind. "This is totally weird…"

"You're not serious, Ryo," Rowen smiled as he stood by the

door. "Sprouting legs? Fantasy."

"Having feelings, Sage? Don't tell me that vegetables do

too!" Kento came from behind Rowen.

"Feelings," Sage thought for a short moment. That was it.

"Hey guys," Sage spoke out loud, "I think I know where they went!" Sage

hurried down the hall with his friends following behind him. He went

directly to Sai's bedroom where they had put Sai in just before they went

to the dining room.

Yes, there were the two orbs. Sai's kanji, Trust, was

flashing unstoppably. Sage's heart was throbbing for no apparent reason (to

him that was). Then, he closed his eyes and his kanji again lit. And this

time, everyone's kanji did. There they all were… together. Virtue… that was

Ryo. Life. That was Rowen. Wisdom. Definitely that was Sage. Justice. Had

to be Kento. And lastly, Trust… which was Sai. The other two orbs joined

with Sage and Ryo's and looked as if they all entered into Sai's kanji.

"Our orbs are helping Sai recuperate," Rowen observed. He

then noticed that Sai did not jerk from the sudden shock of energy or move

a single inch. "You know… I have this sneaky feeling that they know

something that we don't know." He got to his knees and looked at the

"seem-to-be" peaceful Sai sleeping.

"Do you think our armors are hiding something?" Kento

questioned in almost a serious tone.

"Maybe you're right Sage," Ryo looked over at Sage and

patted him on his back, "the armors are busy. Maybe trying to send a

message."

"I think SAI is the one trying to tell us something!"

Rowen spoke out in a more hurried tone. "Sai! Can you hear me? WAKE UP!

Sai!"

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"I can hear you Rowen," Sai thought, "but I don't know if

I could wake up. Rowen, I can hear you. I don't know if I'm able to pull it

off." His eyes were closed and his mind was at full concentration to talk

to Rowen with his mind. It was worth a shot at and Sai didn't intend to

miss it.

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"Sai?" Rowen whispered and became puzzled with the message

he was receiving in his mind. He immediately identified it to be Sai's

voice, for it was the only one, which had that sweet, British-accent. "Sai…

now hold on. Hey guys… we need to do something. We have to wake him up."

"You cannot be serious, Sai isn't in a coma," Ryo said in

a firm, but flat voice. He couldn't imagine something like that was to

happen to Sai. They were just talking and he falls into a coma? Good grief…

not a good thing. Ryo just denied and dismissed the thought.

Sage almost couldn't believe it himself. He knew for a

fact that if you went down to a coma, you will most likely never get out of

it. And if you stay at that state for an extended period of time, you would

die. "Rowen… come on. Maybe we could just pour a big pail of water on him

and everything…"

"Look guys," Kento who knew his best friend was in big

trouble snapped, "we can't deny it. We have to think of something fast

before Sai's energy dies off and he is done for."

"Oh great, now we need a miracle cure to get him up,"

Sage frowned and thought for a moment. "I heard that talking would help

keep someone to fight for life. But I do not know. What I am worried is

that Mrs. Mori would know. I don't want to let her be worried."

"So it is true," Kento mumbled. His heart was about to

crack like glass. "What your mom said about Sai, Sage. Remember? Those

words of "He will not live…" or "He's going to die…" The thing that we kept

hiding away from Sai? I cannot believe this. Why would someone just poke

needles into my friend? This is… insane, guys. Insane."

"The world seems to be going insane anyhow," Rowen

slammed his fist against the bed. "I don't believe it! Sai! You got to keep

trying bud! We cannot live without you!"

"Shhh!" Ryo hissed at Rowen. "We cannot let Mrs. Mori

know!"

"Supper, you boys!" Mrs. Mori called out to them from

the kitchen.

"Heh, time to eat," Kento grumbled. Even the luscious

food didn't bring Kento to the table automatically. They decided they would

rotate so that Mrs. Mori wouldn't know what was happening to Sai. And as

they rotate, the person would try to find a way to keep Sai active in his

mind or in some ways, to awaken him. Rowen was the first to stay in the

bedroom.

"So where is Rowen?" Mrs. Mori immediately asked when

she saw that Rowen wasn't coming.

The guys gave quick glances at each other. "Well," Kento

scratched his head in an uneasy fashion, "he told us that he wasn't very

hungry. He says that he will be here in a bit."

"Yeah," Ryo tried to support Kento's statement, "He's

kind of upset with what has happened to your son, Sai. After what has been

happening especially."

Sage ended, "He just needs time to think about it and

clear his mind. He will be okay… knowing him. He's just that type of

person."

Mrs. Mori nodded not seeing anything suspicious with

that. "Well… I guess we cannot start with the man of the house eating

first… so let's just all start." She started to nibble on a piece of trout.

When the three guys saw trout as part of the menu for

dinner, they really started to think of Sai and how he dislikes eating fish

and how he calls them to be his friends. For once, all the Ronins ate

slowly. None of them talked or pass a glance to one another. They all just

ate and thought. Boy, they missed Sai being at the table… especially when

it’s a party. He would always try to mess around at the table with his

friends and since he is man of the house in his family, it would be even

more exciting.

The silence brought attention to Mrs. Mori. She stopped

eating for awhile and looked at all of the guys. None of them were close to

being finish. She decided to break the uneasy silence. "I thought you guys

missed eating fish. Or has our Fish Boy really changed your diet?" The

Ronins noticed that as a joke and started to laugh. The laugh wasn't very

happy but it was content enough to show to Mrs. Mori that they were okay.

"So you boys, have been thinking about the Tournaments?"

All of them stopped chewing. They nearly forgot. Then they

also remember how much Sai wanted to participate in the cycling two-mile

race and the swimming tournaments. Then there would be Rowen doing the

one-mile run and the Frisbee throw (3 tries). Ryo would be doing the soccer

tournament and the skis for four with Kento. Kento was also going to

participate in the wrestling tournament but it seemed that it wouldn't

happen. They realized how much they needed Sai for that! In fact, Sai

helped all of them be prepared for it.

Breaking the silence, Kento chuckled as if to himself, "He,

he… yeah. I wonder if Sai will make it. He is very important you know."

Mrs. Mori looked at him thoughtfully and replied, "Hey, if

my son really wants to he will. Don't worry about it…" She then placed her

chopsticks onto the plate and then continued, "Just I don't know what he

will say if he finds out that… we are in trouble."

"I don't know if Sai will live!" Sage thought in a

frustrated way. "What do the government think of the Mori family? This is

ridiculous…"

"We need to help them," Ryo also thought in a desperate

way, "Sai. I wonder how you will make through this Sai. I just hope you

will."

"This makes me so mad," Kento groaned and stabbed at the

vegetables on his plate. He then thought, "The situation is complicated

enough. We can't bring Sai to the hospital knowing what they will try to do

to him. We can't find a solution to the whole mess!"

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Sai's ears were sharp and he could hear that faint

conversation. "I don't get it. Their voices are so uneasy. I know they

aren't telling Mother my state. What is that two weeks about? What two

weeks…? I just don't understand!" Sai felt himself being drifted back even

more. The pain it took... the energy he lost. Everything was now a blob

inside his mind. "Like fish out of water..." one of the Warlords told him.

The mode to get up was becoming weaker. He was loosing it. He knew it. But

he felt like it didn't matter anymore... he was a fish out of water.

"Sai… Sai!" a voice echoed into his ears. He could see a

ghostly figure in front of him… a person he never seen for a long, long

time. "Sai… long time I haven't seen you."

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