Chapter 6: If I Don’t Catch You

Sai decided to wait to see what Rowen will try to do. As if he didn’t know, he told Rowen where his deck of cards were and showed the way… a long way. Then, he used his attribute and Yin strength to reverse the poison out of both of them. Sai started to gasp and cough, but when he had them back to normal and the poison mostly out, he stopped and turned to make sure Ro didn’t notice. That was when Rowen appeared with the deck of cards.

Ro asked, “What shall it be?”

Sai shrugged and then suggested, “Speed?”
Rowen agreed and started to shuffle the cards. Sai, being aware, he made sure that he wouldn’t fall into one of Ro’s ‘traps.’

Sai then asked, “Play four or six in hand?”

Ro thought then answered, “Four.” Sai could tell Rowen was NOT Rowen. Ro was more active and a lot more talkative. He could just tell someone was controlling his friend. But he had to find a way to recover Ro before they had him. Somehow he just had to. He just HAD to. Gathering his wits, he played Ro three games. He only won one for he had to think about many things. Then, playing the fourth, Sai won Ro... barely.
Then, Sai had a sneaky plan, while he pretended to yawn, he hit Ryo, and saying: “I feel a bit exhausted.”

Rowen took his next step again. He put a knife to Sai’s chest. Strangling him, he tortured Sai ferociously and cornered him, “You dead, Torrent!” DAIS! It was Dais’s voice! What on earth!
Sai then hit the cocktail table at Ro’s shin, making him loose balance. Taking his time, he speared away from Ro, just in time when his mom and Mrs. Date came. “You okay Sai?” Sai, rather knowing it was his fight, said, “Oh nothing. Everyone is tired I guess. Rowen fell and got a bump on his head. Perfect.

Mrs. Date helped her son up, “Sage? What happened to you?” No blur answer. “Let’s bring the boys onto somewhere better. Come, they better sleep.”

Rowen was horribly mad at Sai, but Sai knew it wasn’t HIM who was mad. Spending off time, he helped Ryo onto the sofa to sleep and Kento on the other. That was when Ryo awoke, who was dreadfully confused.
Ryo asked, “What in the world happened to me? Rowen…”

Sai hushed him before he was noticed and whispered, “Say it later. I’ll tell you what happened afterwards.” Sai saved the knife Rowen had for the next attack, which he knew, would be soon. But then, blood started to spill out of Sai’s underestimated wounds, mostly near his main artery.

Mrs. Mori ran to him, “Sai! What’s wrong? Who did this to you? How did it happen?” Sai shook her firm hand and answered, quietly, “Forget it. I know the injury is bad. Just, don’t worry about me. I need to probably rest for the Aquarium trip tomorrow, kay?”
Sai smiled as if nothing happened, but he could feel blood soaking through his bandages and ran to his bathroom, locking the door jam shut. Stumbling with agony, he just knew that if he left, it would be in pain. Saying to him, he scolded himself, “I should have jumped! I just SHOULD of.” He then decided to cool off and turned the faucet of the shower and let it run. Taking his clothes off, he looked at his wounds, which were very and aided.
Taking out some Q-tips, a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, handkerchief, and cottons, he sat in the tub, wearing a swimming trunk again, except it had an angelfish on it. Gulping, he dipped the Q-tip in the bottle unwrapping his bandages, he let his wounds bubble. “ACK!” he bit into the handkerchief, hard. Using it many times, finally he dressed and then redoes his bandage to clean ones. Then, he turned to the doorknob.
“Sai? Where are you?” Ryo called, looking for him. Then, he headed upstairs to every room, last to Sai’s room. Looking, he could hear someone was using the bathroom. He asked, “You in there?”

Sai didn’t answer, but then tried to open the door, the same time Ryo was! Both of them couldn’t open. Each tried to open with the same strength. Ryo scowled the door, “Stupid door! OPEN!” He banged the door, but it refused to open the same with Sai. “Oh well,” Ryo sighed, giving up. I’ll just put pressure on it with this plank.” And that’s what he did, forgetting about Sai.
Unfortunately, the room was soundproof and Sai couldn’t yell to get help. Sai pouted, “Door stuck. NOW what I am to do? I guess I’m a sitting duck!” He sat on a stool, moping. Then, he cried, “If this door doesn’t get open by an hour, I’ll spear it open!” which he didn’t. For a fact, he became too tired and restful that he fell asleep in the tub for the rest of the day, mumbling, “Isn’t this my lucky day.”
Ryo alerted the parents; he pounded, “Sai had runaway! Mrs. Mori! Dr. Date! Sai has RUNAWAY!”

Mrs. Mori dropped her teacup, spilling over the kitchen floor, her face turned to fear, “Is this true? Are you positive? He has ‘runaway?’ This can’t be!”

Ryo nodded, furiously, “He HAS. I looked everywhere and he’s nowhere to be found! N-O-W-H-E-R-E!”

Dr. Date snapped her drink down, “Come on. We should go to the police station! You stay here Ryo… and when your friends wake up, don’t say a word. COME!” The two parents ran out the door and headed to the police station.
Mrs. Mori dropped to the floor of the police station and asked, “Have you seen my son, Sai? PLEASE tell me!”

The officer hushed her, “We don’t know until we look. Now, since you caught us just the right time, where could he possible, this Sai, gone? There’s a whole wide world of possibilities you know, lady. You’ve to give us a brief idea what happened and enough knowledge about your boy to find him, you know.”

Dr. Date calmly put in, “I’ll tell you then.”

Mrs. Mori then came to a conclusion, “Could he’d known our secret?”
Ryo was totally confused of what was happening. He just couldn’t believe Sai left! Well… at least he THOUGHT he did.

Sai then, after many minutes after this event, he awoke, yawning. He then talked to the door, “Okay, if you won’t let ME out, I’ll let myself out!” He then used a long mop pole and blasted the door open. Then, he ran downstairs, making Ryo’s hair fly. Ryo then was surprised, “S… Sai? SAI? Where were you?”
“Where was I? Where were YOU? I was locked in the bathroom! Who put a plank and blocked my exit?” Sai cried.

Ryo suddenly went to shock but then Sai continued, “Where’s my mom? Where’s Mrs. Date, Ryo?”

Ryo silently answered, “Go to the police station. You’ll find them.” Sai then patted Ryo on the head and said, “I know and forgive you. I’ll go alone. You stay here. Just so we don’t make them go after you.” He ran out the door, taking his motorcycle once again, putting on his helmet, he sped to the police office by the ocean. Asking at every stop, he asked if they saw Dr. Date or his mom.

“WHA-LA!” a fisherman cried whom was fishing illegally. “I caught a whale! A killer whale in fact! And none of the police or law enforcers know!” Other fishermen came to bring in the killer whale; unfortunately, the killer whale was like a father in the sea to Sai, and Sai could hear it! Sai became ambitious and rode away to the shorelines. Getting off, he shouted, “Hey you! You’re fishing illegally! Let go of that whale, and I’ll let you go free!”

The head fisherman shouted, “You’re not a law enforcer or a policeman! HOW could arrest us?”
The conversation was loud enough to go to the lifeguards and where Mrs. Mori and Dr. Date were. Sai’s mother asked, “Who are those? Are they fishing illegally?”

A policeman answered, fondly, “I think a water patrol sees them. Come.”

Mrs. Mori refused and said, “I think I know who the water patrol is.”

Dr. Date was surprised and then inquired, “Who?”
“That whale’s not yours! Let it go! Or I’ll make you!” Sai scowled, temper-wised.

The fisherman teased him “You’re just a boy. Come on! Let’s see if you could even reach us!”

Sai took the challenge, “Okay! I take your challenge, thief! You traitor! You’re also a barbarian to the ocean! Sai says so!”

The person confirmed, “Then WHERE is this Sai who is the protector of the sea?”

Sai snickered, “You’ll see soon, mister! REALLY soon.” He then whistled a dolphin call and a dolphin came, just for Sai’s ride. Sai jumped onto the dolphin, chasing the illegal boat vessel. The fisherman was so surprise that they dropped the net and started to scatter and jump overboard, except the head.
Sai dove into the rapids, catching the unaided net, which the killer whale was tangled to. He was so—mad that he tore the net open with his bare hands, letting the whale go free. The whale, his sea father, then attacked the vessel and made it fall head over heels. Sai wrung the head fisherman and some of his crew and brought them to shore, where he was roped by their own nets and ropes, meant for the fish.
The policemen and guards took them as the leader of the police crew questioned Sai. “Who are you, boy? You cannot be Sai for he’s gone and missing! But you deserve a big reward, boy!” Then, the head fisherman turned. He stumbled toward the ‘boy’ and, looking as if he’ll crush him, he bellowed, in a menace way, “Tell me kid. Just tell me this ONE thing, boy. Only this one thing. Who the heck are you? WHO?”
Sai looked down to the floor, innocently, “I’m a boy. Is that good enough for you?”

The fisherman shouted. “BOY! Give me this last answer! Spit the darn answer out!”

The boy squatted, shook the ugly man’s face and smiled, “You know. I’ll tell you, mister. I’ll tell you. And boys will I! You’ll blast your face wide open! And you’ll make yourself a fool! But no, I’ll tell you LATER.” He got up, ready to head away till the person begged. “NO. Tell me NOW.”
The policeman called, “Hey, aren’t you going with us to claim your reward?” The boy sighed, “Okay, I will” Then started to follow the police. As the others tried to keep the fisherman away, Sai then turned and then scolded with anger, “If I didn’t caught who done this to my friends, my name isn’t Sai Mori of the Torrent!”