CHAPTER ONE



IT WAS A SUNNY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE RONINS HAD JUST FINISHED THEIR HOMEWORK, AND WENT TO THE PARK LEAVING MIA AT HOME. WHEN......

*DING DONG* *DING DONG*

MIA: I'M COMING! (OPENS FRONT DOOR) WELL HELLO MRS. DATE AND....

Dr. SALLY: SALLY, Dr. SALLY. IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU.....

MIA: MIA KOIJI.

Dr. SALLY: HELLO MIA. DO YOU MIND IF WE COME IN AND TALK TO YOU.

MIA: YES COME RIGHT IN.

MRS.DATE: IS SAGE HERE?

MIA: KNOW HE AND HIS FRIENDS WENT TO THE PARK.

Dr. SALLY: WELL THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. SAGE LEFT HIS IQ AT SCHOOL. WHEN I LOOKED IN THE ENVLOPE TO SEE WHO IT WAS I FOUND THAT THE SCORE WAS 499 ALMOST 500. THEN I SAW SAGES NAME ON THE SHEET.

MRS.DATE: THAT'S WHEN SHE CAME TO MY HOUSE TO SEE IF SAGE WAS AT HOME. SO YOU SEE HOW THIS LEAD TO WHERE YOU COME INTO MIA.

MIA: I SEE, BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT SAGE FOR?

Dr. SALLY: WELL I WANT TO GIVE SAGE A TEST TO SEE IF HE IS A REAL GENIUSE. I TALKED TO HIS TEACHERS AND THEY SHOWED ME HIS GRADES. HE HAD A+ IN ALL OF HIS SUBJECTS. SO I THINK THIS IS NOT BECOMING AN OBSTCALE FOR HIM ANYMORE.

MIA: WHAT IF SAGE PASSES THE TEST?

Dr. SALLY: THEN HE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL HE IS ATTENDING RIGHT NOW TO A SPECIAL SCHOOL.

MRS.DATE: SAGE DOSEN'T HAVE A CHOICE IN IF HE WANTS TO GO TO NEW SCHOOL. OR HE COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT.

MIA: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

MRS.DATE: MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER SATSUKI. SHE HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS VERY SMART AND DID NOT WANT TO GO TO A NEW SCHOOL. SHE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING ALONG WITH HER CLASSMATES, AND I DON'T WANT ANY BULLY TO HURT SAGE.

IN THE GARAGE THE GUYS HAD COME BACK WITH A SUPRISE..................

SAGE: OWWWW! THAT HURTS KENTO!

KENTO: WELL YOU SHOULD OF LISTENED TO ME. YOU RUN DIAGNOLY IN THAT GAME NOT VERTICAL.

SAGE: WELL THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME! OWWWW! MY ARM!!!!!

ROWAN: LET'S JUST GET INSIDE AND PUT SOME COLD WATER ON IT.

CYE: YES AND SOME BANDAGES ALSO.

RYO: DO YOU WANT TO CALL YOUR MOM AND MAKE SURE IT IS NOT BROKEN? (OPENS DOOR)(THEY ALL GO IN)

SAGE: NO, IF MY MOM KNEW........(BLOCKRD OUT BY THE SOUND OF WORRY)

MRS.DATE: SAGE!

SAGE: OH MOM!

MRS.DATE: SAGE! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARM!

RYO: HE HURT IT WHILE PLAYING A GAME WITH US.

MS.DATE: SIT HIM DOWN PLEASE.

ROWAN: YES MAAM. (SITS SAGE DOWN IN A CHAIR)

MRS.DATE: (EXPECTING THE BONE) *MUMBLES* NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL.

CYE: IS IT BROKEN MAAM?

MRS.DATE: I CAN'T TELL BUT MY INSTICTS TELL ME THAT IT IS.

KENTO: WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?

MIA: THIS IS MRS.DATE, SAGE'S MOTHER, AND THE PERSON NEXT TO ME IS.

Dr.SALLY: THEY HAVE COME TO SEE SAGE.

ROWAN:(KNUDGES SAGE) I'LL THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT. I THINK SAGE IS ASLEEP RIGHT NOW.

Dr.SALLY: I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

RYO: WHY DO YOU WANT TO SEE SAGE?

Dr. SALLY: BECAUSE.......

SO DOCTOR SALLY TELL THEM WHY THEY WANT TO SEE SAGE.AFTER THAT MRS.DATE TAKES SAGE AND PUTS HIM IN THE CAR. DORTOR SALLY GOES IN THE CAR ALSO. MRS. DATE TELL MIA THAT SHE IS GOING TO THE VREGONE HOSPITAL. MIA ALSO TELL THE GUYS TO GET THE JEEP. SO OFF THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL.




TWO HOURS LATER AT THE HOSPIAL........

ROWAN: DO YOU THIMK SAGE IS OKAY?

MIA: YES SAGE WILL BE FINE ROWAN.

CYE:IS IT TIME TO GO?

KENTO: NO IT IS NO TIME TO GO UNTIL WE KNOW SAGE IS ALRIGHT AND WE CAN TAKE HIM HOME. BY THE WAY Dr. SALLY, WHEN IS SAGE GOING TO TAKE THAT TEST YOU TALKED ABOUT?

Dr.SALLY: TOMMORROW, IF HE FEELS ALRIGHT.

RYO: HERE THAT ROWAN YOU STILL HAVE TIME BEFORE SAGE REPLACES YOU.

ROWAN: WHAT!

MIA: NOW NOW SAGE ISN'T GOING TO REPLACE ANYONE. WE'RE JUST SEEING IF SAGE IS SMART..

KENTO: OR SMARTER

MIA: OR SMARTER THAN ROWAN.

JUST THEN MRS. DATE CAME BACK FROM A ROOM.

MRS.DATE: SAGES ARM IS BROKEN. VERY BADLY THAT I'M AFRAID TO PUT HIM IN SURGERY.

MIA: WHY?

MRS.DATE: BECAUSE SAGE IS VERY SENSATIVE AND I'M AFRIAD HE WILL WAKE UP DURING SURGERY.

ROWAN: BUT SAGE CAN'T GO AROUND HAVING A BROKEN ARM! HE WON'T ENJOY IT!

MRS. DATE: ALRIGHT I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO HOME AND TAKE A REST.

GUYS(KENTO,CYE,ROWAN,AND,RYO): NO!

MIA: I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY HERE.

Dr. SALLY: I THINK YOU MAYBE GO HOME AND REST. DON'T WORRY ABOUT SAGE I'LL BRING HIM HOME AS SOON AS THE SURGERY IS OVER.

THE GUYS(EXCEPT ROWAN): OKAY AND THANK YOU.

Dr. SALLY: YOUR WELCOME IS IT ALRIGHT IF SAGE'S TEST IS TOMMORROW TOO.

MIA: SURE.

ROWAN: BUT BUT WHAT SAGE HAS A NIGHT MARE OR SOMTHING, OR HE STARTS TO PANICK IN THE DARK, OR STARTS TO HERE VOCIES IN THE DARK ALSO.

THE GUYS: WHAT! SAGE DOES THIS AND YOU DIDN'T TELL US!

MRS. DATE: *FROWNING* SAGE HAS BEEN DOING ALL THOSE THINGS. ROWAN MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME OVER AND TELL ME WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN YOU AND SAGE. TOMMORROW WOULD BE FINE.

ROWAN: OKAY.

Dr. SALLY: BYE AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT SAGE!

THE GUYS AND MIA: BYE AND THANKS!

AT HOME THE GUYS WERE DEEPLY SCARED HOPING THAT SAGE WOULD BE ALRIGHT. THEY WERE SO WORRIED THAT MIA HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THEM TO SLEEP. SHE ENDED UP SINGING THEM ALL TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH.


END OF CHAPTER ONE





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