Chapter 3

*At the Ronin's Poker Table*


"Ahhh... I think I'm in love! That Serena is cute!" Ryo said with dreamy eyes. "OWWW!" He suddenly cried and started rubbing the back of his head. Rowen sat there with one of Raye's looks on his face.
"Quit it lover-boy! We have work to do! Why-" He stopped in mid-sentence because Yuli and Rini appeared.
"Bye." Yuli said and walked in.
"Bye." Rini said and ran off.
"What was that?" Kento said as everyone stared at him.
"We were playing." Yuli said and took a seat next to Cye. Cye shuffled the cards.
"Ok, ok already! Let's play!" Cye said. The others agreed.

*On the Deck*

Type, type, click. Lita passed Amy's laptop to Serena. It said, "How fast can you type, Serena."
Type................ type.................. type............. type................... type............. type................. type....... click. She handed it back to Lita. "Not fast." Lita sweatdropped and passed it around to everyone and they sweatdropped. The laptop finally reached Amy.
In less than five seconds Amy had typed out, "This can't go on any longer. C'mon. Let's go to my lab, and I'll find a solution. After you read this, follow me." Again, everyone sweatdropped because compare the speed that Serena typed, and the speed that Amy typed!


While Amy and her group were walking to the lab, they passed the poker room. Ryo ran over to them, "Hey guys. Did you hear the big scream?" Serena grabbed a piece of paper, because she didn't want to be critized on how slow she typed. Write, write. "We can't hear you because Amy screamed right in our ears. Now we're deaf."
Ryo took the paper. Write, write. "Oh. I see. I just asked you about the scream."
Serena took the paper back. "Well, if you get mad at anyone, get mad at Lita. She made Amy scream."
Write, write. "Ok. Die Lita! I'm just kidding!" Ryo wrote and showed Lita.
Lita the paper and scribbled furiously:'GROWL!'
Ryo read paper and said, "Whoa, hey! I was just kidding!"
Write, write. "Hey! Hello! We can't hear! Remember?"
Write, write, write. "Oh yeah, sorry. I said I was just kidding."
Amy started typing on her laptop. "Hey, you guys. If Ryo can hear us, we can talk to him and he'd just have to write stuff."
Mina grabbed the laptop and typed, "Wow! Good idea!!"
"Huh?! What are you talking about?!" Ryo complained.
"We were saying we can talk, bit you have to write stuff down." Raye said.
Write, write, write. "Oh, I see." Ryo wrote.
"C'mon, we're going to Amy's lab. We're gonna try and find a solution to our problem." Raye said.
Write, write, scribble. "you guys, why don't you just go to the paramedic? He probably already has a solution for it."
"Sure. That could work." Mina said.
Write, write. "Guys, hold up a sec. I have to tell the other guys where I'm going."
"Ok."

*Poker Table*

"Hey guys, I have to cut this game. A little emergency with the girls." Ryo said.
"Ok." said all the guys, except Sage, who said, "Did something happen to Mina?"
"Yeah, her eardrums are busted from that big scream." Ryo replied.
"Oh no. Ryo, I'm going to come with you." Sage said, standing up.
"No-o. Not another person backing out of the game." Rowen said, crossing his arms.
"Ok. I'll stay, but you have to give the full report on what happens." Sage said.
"Ok. I have to go now." Ryo said and took off.

*Back on deck*

"Jeez. What took you so long?" Serena asked.
"Awww. Sage wanted to come, and I now I have to give him a full report on what happens." Ryo explained.
"What?!?!" cried everyone but Mina, who said. "What? What about Sage? You said something about Sage. What about Sage?"
"Hey! I thought you couldn't hear!" Ryo exclaimed.
"Wha? Huh????" Mina and the other girls said.
Write, write. "You guys said you couldn't hear. Then Mina asked about Sage, and I said something about Sage."
"Oh." they said, then looked at Mina.
"Well, um, I memorized what lips look like when people say Sage." Mina said, then blushed.
Write, write, write. "Why would you want to go and do a thing like that?" Ryo wrote.
"I really don't know." Mina said, because she didn't want anyone else to know her secret.
Write, write. "Ok."

*At the paramedic*

"Ok. What seems to be the problem?" the doctor asked.
"What?" the girls asked.
Ryo answered for them, "Thier eardrums got manipulated by that huge scream."
"Oh, I see." the doctor went over to the bookcase. He pulled out a book and started flipping pages. He read aloud, "When to eardrums are pushed to an extreme pressure, they pop and make a person seem deaf. Effects will wear off eventually. In most cases,effects wear off in 1-2 hours."
Ryo scribbled furiously on a piece of paper and showed it to the girls.
"Yeah! We're not deaf!" Amy said.
"Woohoo!" Raye said.
"Yay! I'll be able to hear my voice soon enough!" Mina said.
While they were cheering, Ryo was blowing on his fingers. "Ouchie! My fingers burn! Ow-ow-ow-ow!" Ryo said.
"What?" Amy, Lita, Raye and Mina said.
"I said, 'MY FINGERS HURT!!!" Ryo yelled.
Serena was in the corner, smiling a big, huge smile. "I heard it."
"It was meant to be heard." Ryo said.
"No, I heard it the first time and I heard what the doctor said." She explained.
"Serena! You can hear!" Ryo exclaimed.
Serena ran over to Ryo and gave him a few hugs. Mina forced a few tears, then grabbed Amy's laptop. It took her a while, but she finally managed to type out, "Oh, such a sentimental moment." The girls giggled.
"Serena, what was that for?" Ryo asked.
"I'm just so happy." Serena said moving away from Ryo. "Don't think it meant anything or anything."
"Sure Serena." Raye said.
"Oh shut up Raye." Serena said.

*After an hour*

"Ahhhhh! I can finally hear!" Amy said.
"Don't talk, Amy!" Raye said.
"Hey! I didn't do anything! It was Lita!" Amy complained.
"THROW OUT ALL MEGAPHONES ON THE BOAT!!!" Serena yelled.
"Hey Serena, shut up! Talk low!" Mina said.
"Fine." Serena whispered. "Now let's eat!"
"I can dig it!" Lita said.