Later once they had arrived home Katie and Cye entered the house. The
others were all in the living room watching TV.
"Hey, where have you guys been?" Rowen asked loking
up.
"Oh, just in town." Cye replied walking into the
kitdchen.
"Where's Kento?" Mia asked," He missed supper."
"Uh, oh, well, he's uh...."Katie stuttered.
"He's staying at home tonight." Cye said comming
out of the kitchen.
"Home? Why?" Ryo asked turning to face them.
"I dunno, he just felt like going home." Katie asnwered,
but her face showed differently.
"Katie, what happened?" Sage asked standing.
"Nothing." Cye said looking away.
"You two bave got to be the worst liers." Rowen
stated, "Kento is our friend too. Tell us what's wrong." Katie and Cye
looked at each othe rthen to the others.
"he's in jail" Katie stated quietly.
"HE'S WHAT!!!?????" Everybody exclaimed, and then
started asked a zillion questions.
"Everybody settle down. We'll explain everything."
Cye said and then Katie started...
The next day Kento was laying on the cot looking up at the celing, when
soemone cleared their throut. Kento looked to the door and found Katie
and Cye with Ryo, Rowen, and Sage behind them.
"You said you wouldn't tell." Kento stated as he
stood up.
"We beat it out of them." Sage stated, "Kento, why
didn't you tell us?"
"I didn't want you to get envolved." Kento stated.
"But, Kento, your our friend. Whenever you have
a problem you can come to us. You know that." Ryo stated.
"Mia talked to your mom and she going to get you
out. But anything that happens is on Mia's head." Rowen informed Kento
"You didn't have to do that." Kento replied
"Yes we did. We need your help to find out who did
this." Katie said looking through the bars.
"Kento, we've got a plan." Cye whispered. A cop
then came down the hall and unlocked the door.
"Your free to go Fuan, but remeber, Your the #1
suspect in the murders... When we find proof you will be charged." The
cop instructed as he led them out. They met Mia and Mrs. Fuan in front
of the station.
"Thank you for doing this. I just wish you believed
your own son." Mia said to her when they had come out.
"I wish I could too, but... I don't know.. there
just so much against him it's hard." Mama replied
"We'll keep an eye on him. There is only one time
nobody will be around and that's tomarrow." Mia started, "The guys are
all going home and Katie's going with Cye. I've got a class and will be
gone all day."
"Do you trust him?" Mama asked looking at her son
who was behind his friends.
"Yes, we all do." Mia replied.
"Mia we better go. I've still got to pack." Katie
stated as she and Cye started down the stairs. Mia agreed and said goodbye
to Mama. They then headed home. In an alley next to the police department
a figure sat listening to the conversation. When they left a smile creased
his lips.
"Are you guys accually going to leave me alone tomarrow?"
Kento asked in disbelife once they had gotten home.
"No, it's part of our plan." Mia stated.
"Yea, Ryo's going to take my cousin to china town
tomarrow." Sage started.
"Oh, hey your home." a girl said as she came from
the kitchen.
"Who are you?" Ryo asked looking at the girl from
top to bottom.
"Guys I'd like to introduse you to my cousin, Magma."
Sage said walking up to her.
"Hi." Magma replied
"Magma? As in molten lava?" Rowen asked
"Yea, she has a bit of a hot temper." Sage explained.
"Ah.. Ok, so I'm taking her to China Town and we're
going to keep an eye out for this Yang Katie told us about." Ryo continued.
"Right. While the rest of us will be here. With
you." Katie finished.
"And how is this plan supposed to work?" Kento asked.
"Well, Mia told Mama that you'd be here a lone.
Then that would probably get around by tomarrow and who ever it is
doing it will think they have another chance to get you, but they'll be
the one to be caught." Cye explained
"Ahh... I get it. Do you think it'll work?" Kento
asked hopefully.
"All we can do is hope." Katie replied walking over
and hugging Kento, "I almost lost you twice. I dont' want ot make it three."
Kento hugged her back. The next day everybody left the house slowly.
Mia left first then about 15 min later Katie and Cye left. By the time
Ryo left to accually take Magma to China Town Mia had ended up at the cabin
and started hiking backto the house so she appeared back in about five
min after they left. By the next half hour everybody that was going
home arrived back at Mia's. Ryo and Magma walked down the street looking
for this boy. They found him in front of his familys reastruant. They looked
around in a little shop across the street. A girl about the same age walked
up to him and said something he then picked up a bag and left. Ryo and
Magma followed acting like the other tourest that lined the streets. The
boy looked around and headed down an alley. Ryo looked down it as they
passes. The Yang was putting something on but Ryo couldn't tell what it
was in the dark. They stopped at the next store and waited for him to come
out. When he did both Magma and Ryo took a double take. He was wearing
an orange shirt and a pair of jeans and an orange headband. From a distance
he looked just like Kento only a little thiner but with the baggy shirt
one couldn't tell. Yang then entered the store that Ryo and Magma were
in. The clerk was away from the regester and Yang snuck up behind the counter
and craftly opened the regester. The clerk turned back around to find him
sifting through the money.
"Hey!" He screemed. Yang looked up and grabed what
he could and tried to head out. Ryo looked over at Magma and she knew what
to do. She ran to the exit Yang was heading for and blocked it. Yang saw
her and starte for the only other exit only to finde Ryo in it. The clerk
finaly caught up to him and grabbed his shoulder. He had already called
the police.
"Now, Fuan, your caught red...." The clerk stoped
when Yang turned around, "Yang!?"
"Oh, you guys should of seen that clerks face." Ryo
added laughing a little.
"It was smart that Yang confessed to doing all that.
Even killing the girls. That really surprised me." Sage added.
"Oh, I forgot to tell ya, Yang didn't kill them."
Kento announced.
"Then who did?" Rowen asked confused
"It was his father. Yang refused to beat or kill
them. That was all his fathers doing." Kento explained.
"Well, At least it's all taken care of." Ryo said
"Yea, I now have a great rep in China Town." Kento
said proudly.
"Yea, Kento the garbage disposal." Cye joked. Everybody
laughed.
"I still can't get over Mia's Christmas present
to Katie." Sage commented.
"Yea, I'd hate to see how much it cost to have her
entier family flown over here." Rowen commented.
" Katie was right though. She couldn't explain why
she wanted to stay, that she need to show them. And that she did." Cye
said
"No kidding. I think her grandpa was the most impressed,
though he wouldn't admitt it." Kento laughed.
"I think you got along great with him. You were
like the only one he'd talk to."Cye commented.
"Her whole family get's along great now. Katie's
promised to visit when she can and they said the same thing. Katie looks
forward to when they call or to when she has the money to call them." Kento
laughed. The last rays of the sun finally set behind the mountians in the
distance.
"I don't think any of us will ever forget this past
year." Ryo commented streaching.
"Yea, so much happened." Rowen continued.
"We all found out more about ourselves." Sage added.
"Solved problems we thought would never be fixed."
Kento said eating an apple.
"And found a friendship that we couldn't live without."
Cye finished smiling down at Katie who had fallen asleep on his lap.
"I think you all need to come and get to bed." Mia
said walking up to them.
"Yea, I'm meeting Magma in the morning to go shoping."
Ryo commented.
"You two make a great couple"Rowen commented standing
up. The others followed suit.
"We're just friends." Ryo defended blushing.
"Sure you are.." Rowen countered. The two continued
to argue back to the cabin.
Cye picked up Katie and carried her into the cabin and put her to bed.
"Good Night," He kissed her on the cheek and then
left to go into his own room for the night.