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Teenage Dirt bag

by

Chibi Korin W.





"Wake up you lazy ass, we're going to be late for school again," Sage shook Rowen as hard as he could.

"Five more minutes," Rowen moaned and pushed Sage aside as he almost tripped on one of Rowen's books. (I hate it when people wake me up early).

"You leave me no choice! Cye!"

"Here you go, Sage," Cye came over with a blue bucket of ice water.

"Wait don't go on without us!" Ryo and Kento jumped in the room excited to see the daily events.

"If you don't wake up now, be prepared to suffer the consequences," Sage warned Rowen holding the bucket ready to swing.

"Five more minutes," Rowen moaned.

"You asked for it," Sage dumped the ice water on him and Rowen yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Did little Rowen wet his bed," Kento joked as Rowen came after them slowly reaching for Sage's throat.

"Run!" Ryo yelled running to get out the door soon as they got out they ran down the stairs and waited until he cooled off and got ready for school. Fifteen minutes later Rowen went down stairs fixing his wet hair and put his wet clothes in the dryer and went outside waiting for the bus with the rest of the Ronins. They started to giggle trying hard not to brake out into laughter.

Rowen looked at them with a pissed off look in his eyes and said "This is not funny."

"To you it isn't," Kento laughed.

"If you woke up earlier you wouldn't look like a wet cat," Cye laughed with Kento as so did Ryo. Sage just stood there hiding his laughter he knew Rowen is going to get even with him some day. The bus came to pick them up for school and left a trail of smoke behind.

*****

In school they we're having lunch and having the same ritual they had, ever since they met. Kento tried to take every ones food as every body slapped his hand away one at a time. Ryo talked with Cye about going home and wanting to become captain of the soccer team. Sage was avoiding any female contact as they we're hunting him down (Sage is not a flirt, remember that Yayoi his oldest sister made fun of him and it makes it harder for Sage to talk to girls, I just wanted to clear something out and this is just my opinion you can believe whatever you want) and played with his nasty cafeteria food because he forgot his lunch bag. Rowen was reading his thick book and paid no attention to what was going on. As the bell rang they each parted ways and Rowen was so interested in that book he walked to his class and reading at the same time. (Big mistake when reading and walking at the same time, it's like walking with your eyes closed for thirty minutes and I was foolish enough to try that but I got my ten bucks and I knew the way around the house. ^_~ ) Rowen ran into a girl and fell to the floor hard.

"Oh I'm sorry I wasn't watching where I was going," the girl grabbed his hand and pulled him up.

"It was my fault if I wasn't stuck in that boo...k," Rowen was turning red as a tomato as he looked at Roxana, the prettiest girl in Han a High.

"You are in my English class next can I walk with you?" Roxana asked and smiled at him as he started to blush.

"Sure," Rowen smiled back at her and they started to walk.

"I'm so sorry to be rude and all but why are you with those guys any way?" Roxana asked as they both walked in the hall way.

"Well because they're my friends and they are really good people," Rowen explained.

"You guys as so different from each other it's kind of interesting watching you guys argue or just joke around," Roxana giggled.

"I know what you mean, but they are there for me when I need them," Rowen felt comfortable around her she was so cute with her shiny black hair and her light brown eyes. Roxana felt the same way, she loved the way that blue lock of hair fell between his midnight blue eyes that showed so much intellect and sweetness. They went to their class and went to work.

*****

Rowen thought of her all day why would she even want to talk to me I'm just a teenage dirt bag, damn Kento and his stupid song. I know she doesn't want to do any thing with me she just felt sorry I guess.

"Earth to Rowen, hey wake up I'm trying to ask you a question," Sage waved his hand on Rowen's face. "Ro-chan!" Sage yelled not satisfied with Rowen's mood at all. Rowen snapped out of his day dream and looked a Sage who wasn't happy at him.

"What do you want?" Rowen asked.

"Can I borrow your Metallica CD?" Sage asked him with his now cool voice.

"I thought you listened to that meditating crap?" Rowen raised an eye brow.

"It's not crap, and I like to hear other thing too,"

"Sure knock your self out but you better return it," Rowen was sitting on his bed watching the sun set.

"What's up with you, is your father going to have your quality time together weekend?" Sage grabbed the CD and put it on his desk for later.

"Yeah he is, I just hope he will keep his promise," Rowen grabbed a book and put it on his lap. Sage hated seeing his best friend like that, Rowen was usually a happy kind of guy. Sage knew very well that Rowen and his father never had time together because of his job at the university and Rowen had to live mostly by himself.

"Don't just sit there and read, Cye and Kento are playing with the Play station wanna see?"

"O.K., just to see Kento get his ass kicked," Rowen was happy that Sage was there for him when his father wasn't.

Down stairs Cye and Kento were battling on the Play station and you can hear Kento moan and yell at the screen. They were racing and Cye was way ahead and finally won and Kento through the control down and grabbed it and gave it to Sage.

"Dude you play I'm going to get something to eat," he walked slowly to the kitchen very pissed off.

"Of all the times I've beaten him he still gets frustrated, you guys can play I'm going to find Mia," Cye got up and gave his control to Rowen and walked upstairs to look for Mia.

"Want to play?" Sage asked Rowen with a grin on his face.

"You are a worthy opponent, I'll race you on one condition," Rowen sat down on the couch with his control in hand.

"What is it?" Sage asked and sat next too him.

"If I win you will have to talk to a girl for twenty minutes, and if you win I'll..... clean our room for a week."

"Your full of it, you are too lazy to even pick up your cloths and put it the laundry basket in our room," Sage said then thought about it "Well... OK I'll love having our room clean and I don't have to clean it."

"Your on!"

Sage's green car started off in the lead with Rowen's blue car right behind. Rowen got closer and closer to Sage as they were even and tried to push each other of the road, Sage tried as hard as he could to get away from him but Rowen wouldn't let go.

"Let go Rowen," Sage was getting desperate to find a way out, Rowen just kept push him to the rail then saw his chance, Rowen pulled away from Sage and left him wondering before it was too late and left him crashing into a brick wall and Rowen won.

"Sage is going to talk to a gi...irl," Rowen laughed at Sage as he couldn't believe what just happened.

"That wasn't fare!"

"Don't worry you have lots of time you can do it next year for all I care but I can choose when the time is right if I wanted to," Rowen nodded as Sage just sat there with a sweat drop forming on his head. "You can't get away from this, like an elephant I never forget."

"And like an elephant you eat as much."

"Sage do you want to home?" Rowen got serious still holding his control and sunk deeper into the couch.

"Well Ro I sure we all miss our families and our homes, but I'm sure going to miss it here." Sage looked at him wondering how he was going to handle this., "And besides we get to see each other again in the anniversary of Talpa's death."

"Your right, I guess I worry too much," Rowen smiled and new that no matter what he will always have his friends. (The Ronins will be going back to their homes in a month and Rowen is just going to see his father to hang out and wait until it's time to go back home.)

*****

It was a Sunday thank god and Rowen was ready to go to see his father and have some time together. He was so exited just to see him again even though he hated him for not being there for him but that was in the past and he was ready to forgive him. He walked to the cafe where he was going to meet his father and as soon as he got in the cafe Rowen sat on a table and waited for his father to come. Thirty minutes later Rowen was reading a magazine still waiting for his father. He is probably late, he always is.

"Is there a Hashiba Rowen?" The waiter asked.

Rowen felt his heart sink as he walked to the waiter and grabbed the phone. "Hello, dad?"

"Yes son, I am so sorry I can't make it I have an emergency at the university and It's really important, please forgive me."

"Don't worry dad I'll be fine, you go ahead," Rowen hang up the phone and felt this anger that he never felt before. He ran out of the cafe running to the place he goes just to be alone to clear the rage he had in his head.

*****

Roxana was coming home from her drama class with her cousin Jean and her two seat bike, they had to rehears some play. She smiled when she remembered Rowen's eyes and how sweet he was to her and treated her like all the other boys didn't. I wish I could talk to him again, he is really cute, look at me I'm being silly swooning over a guy. She blushed as she looked at the puffy clouds slowly passing by. Roxana noticed a blue haired boy running fast past her and knew it was Rowen. He looked upset, mabey I should see what's wrong with him. She ran after him as fast as she could and was surprised how fast Rowen could run. That kid should run for track. Roxana borrowed a bicycle from a cousin of hers to finally catch up to him, luckily for her cousin was just going to his house a block away and Jean knew that she shouldn't interfere. Roxana followed closely but not to close to hit him and didn't call his name because she was curios where he was going.

*****

Rowen reached the woods he always went to clear his mind or to practice his "abilities" that also helped him cope. He stood there looking at the sky and with all the rage he had inside he slammed his fist on a tree and made a deep hole. Calm down remember what Kayura said reach for your weapon and concentrate on it appearing. When he did so his kanji on his forehead appeared and so did his weapon and aimed on of his golden arrows at the sky. He concentrated all his anger to grow every second at the tip of the arrow and shot it in the air that made a whistling sound and a huge gust of wind that went all through the forest. He stood there hard as a rock as the wind blew hard he could feel a knot on his throat and felt warm tears run down his eyes and dropped his to his knees as he hit the ground with his fist and ripped some grass off the ground. How can he do this to me.

"I hate you father," Rowen said with his voice all cracked. "You don't care about me!" he yelled as he grabbed the back of his neck with both of his hands and his elbows to the ground and started to cry. Then he felt a warm hand on his back and looked back.

*****

Roxana stood there in shock as Rowen grabbed a bow and arrow out of thin air. The arrow did look familiar but she couldn't remember form where. She buckled her knees and sat on the ground quickly as she remembered that time she was in down town Toyama that day.


< Flash back >

The sky was dark and filled with fear as every one battled for rocks and their hearts filled with greed. Roxana hid behind a building helpless from the fear that she couldn't help herself and her family. The source of the problem came form the top of a building across the street. She saw colors of lights flash on top. Roxana ran to the building next to the one with the colors and took the elevator to the roof and looked closer to see what was happening. There she saw five figures fight this black one. The five other people seemed familiar to her and wanted to look closer at their faces. She was nearly leaning on the rail and suddenly almost got hit by a golden arrow that struck the floor and made a huge crack on the floor. Roxana picked it up and held it in her arms as she watched the battle further. Roxana just held the arrow not knowing why but it gave her hope even though she had no idea on what was going on (You know what happened next, Ryo and the Inferno and the other Ronins wearing their power or light ^_^ yada yada.)


< End of Flash back >


Can Rowen be one of the five? she asked herself as she watched Rowen shoot the arrow in to the air and made all that dust and wind. Then watched Rowen yell in anger and found herself in tears as she can understand what he was going through. She walked slowly to him and touched his shoulder.

*****

"Roxana." Rowen said as he looked at her and stood up from where he was. "Did you....?" Roxana held her hand up to stop Rowen as she knew what he was going to ask.

"Yes I know, I saw it all."

"You must think I'm a freak then," Rowen looked away and turned around to where he was facing.

Roxana grabbed his shoulder "No, I think that is really cool, I wish I could shoot golden arrows and stuff (who doesn't)," Rowen looked at her and smiled. "I know you saved us all from that evil black monster guy thing in Toyama."

"How did you know?" He asked her in shock.

::Deep breath:: "Well, I was with my family one day when we went to Toyama and I happened to escape from whatever was controlling everyone then I almost go hit by a golden arrow that you have in your possession so that was kind of a clue and I watched some of the fight but the colors were so bright that I couldn't clearly see who was it,"

"That explains it all."

"Rowen, why are you upset with your parents?" She said with concern in her voice.

"Well... they are divorced and dad is always at that stupid university and my mom is never home and she is a reporter," His eyes were filled with pain and he tried to hold back tears with all the will power he had.

"I know how you feel," Roxana squeezed his hand and looked into his eyes. "My parents are divorced too and they used me to get through each other's throats," she laughed.

Rowen was a little confused as why was she laughing when all that happened to her but he didn't bother to ask and hugged her close to him. Roxana felt warm and safe around him and Rowen kissed her on her cheek and was so happy to finally find some one with the same feelings of rejection form their parents. They detached them selves and Roxana counted five of her fingers.

"Wait a minute there were five lights and that black one. Who are the rest of them?"

"Well isn't it obvious there is only five good ones who where with me when I need them ." Rowen smiled as they walked to the Manor.

"No way. you mean that you and your friends are the ones."

"Yup."

"So give me all the info about you guys."

"You know to much already but you have to get it from them, they'll get mad if they found out I told you," Rowen laughed when they reached the manor. "But I will tell something else."

"Well, aren't you going to tell me?" Roxana was all in suspense.

"When we get in and they are all in the living room you call us Ronins and see all of them freak out, then you can explain how you knew and get all the info you need and then they'll make you take a vow of silence or to suffer the consequences."

"What are the consequences?"

"I don't know why but the consequence is eating my food, just because I "accidentally" blew up the kitchen they get to use it as an excuse."

Roxana laughed and held his arm and kissed him on the cheek as Rowen blushed and kissed her back.