Chizuru danced a little around her kitchen, just wearing a white t-shirt; she was cooking before she taught aerobics at her local gym. She usually taught aerobics on days she wasn't in the office. She was playing Ricky Martin on her digital radio, which was built into the wall. Hey, after all, she could afford it. Usually, she would be extremely embarrassed with her current state in public, but she was celebrating the fact she has moved up another notch in the corporate ladder. She was making quite a hot stir fry....with a twist! She had seasoned beef with mandarin oranges dancing about in that pan.
Then, she stopped strutting around in her underwear to respond to sharp pains in her head."What's going on?" she wondered, as her head throbbed. She concentrated, then was a bit agitated. She sighed deeply upon realizing, and shook her hands in frenzied frustration. "I-I thought he w-w-was s-sealed!!!!"
"Hey, Yuki," Kyo called out smoothly, while laying on her bed. "You know you want it." Yuki rolled her eyes so much that it felt her eyes would get stuck; she heard this line ALL the time from her boyfriend. "Kyo....no, I...don't want it right now." Kyo scoffed. "Awww, come ON! Let's get this fire started." Yuki was sitting at the computer and mouthed "oh my gawd". Of course Kyo didn't see. He was too busy trying to convince his reluctant girlfriend to join him. Kyo put his hands behind his head when suddenly his phone rang on the computer desk. Yuki turned to Kyo. "I'm not getting it," she snapped. Her boyfriend briefly stopped. "She's probably on it," he thought to himself as he picked up the phone. He checked who was calling before he answered. "Chizuru? Why the hell is she calling?" Yuki stopped typing. She grew a bit stern, but didn't turn her head. "Moshi moshi," he grunted.
"Kyo, I'm afraid I have bad news...."
"Yagami died? HA. That's -"
"Not funny, Kyo. I mean it, there is serious trouble."
"Then what? Don't leave me guessing!"
"Orochi ha-"
Kyo hung up. He was very much irascible at this point. "That's bullshit. Fucking bullshit. Fuck this shit." Yuki didn't say a word."Damn it, not again...." she said softly.
Iori was desperately trying to get away from a clingy girl. "Hey there, cutie," she flirted trying to touch him. Iori ignored her and her motives, pushing her away. "Why you runnin' away?" Iori whipped around and hissed. "Fuck off, bitch!" Startled, the girl flushed beet red. She frowned. "Asshole." She stormed away. Iori huffed and kept walking. "I would've ripped her ass to shreds easily," he muttered. "It took me thirty times to say that for her to get the point...." He continued to his apartment with a bag of Wendy's. He opened the bag and retrieved a french fry. He winced a little. "Too fucking salty...Why can't they get this shit right?" Then, suddenly, his phone was ringing. "What the hell." He picks up. "Hello?" He heard a familiar voice, but it sounded like she had been crying. "Chiz?" Iori knew something was wrong if Chizuru cried. "Iori, I have some bad news...." Iori sighed. "I don't call Kyo being dead bad news." he sounded irritated as if his time had been wasted. Then, at a millisecond, he felt like his eardrum burst. "Geez, fucking women...." he thought. He yelled right back at her. "SHUT THE HELL UP, y-" he stopped. "Okay, what's PISSING you off?"
"Iori, listen, Orochi is back."
Silence.
"Please, don't hang up...."
"This better not be a joke."
"I was crying....."
"What the hell, so we have to do this shit ALL over again??"
"Yes."
"Wh- Have you talked to Kyo??"
"He hung up on me."
" Leave this to me. I'll get his ass ."
"DON'T kill each other. PLEASE. We need to do this together."
"Okay, how the hell did he get loose? YOU'RE supposed to watch the DAMN seal!!!"
"Iori....it's not that simple..."
"Hmmph, whatever."
"Another thing...."
"Like what???" Iori was getting a bit frustrated.
"That means Goenitz is back. Rugal, Yashiro, Chris, and Shermie..."
"Yashiro?? That dude wanted to kick my ass."
Chizuru was getting a headache.
"Orochi!!!" Yashiro called out. "we'll gather enough energy to make you greater! You shall see that!" Orochi rose before Yashiro, eating a burrito. "Here, have one," he offered with a mouthful. Yashiro was a bit confused. "Um, no thanks..." Chris ran up to Orochi. "I'll have one!!!" Shermie frowned. "We need to gather energy for making Orochi strong!" Yashiro shouted, raising his fist. "We must offer sacrifices!!!" Orochi shook his head. "No need to. As a matter of fact, you really didn't need to kill yourselves last time..." Yashiro disagreed. "No, we did what was good for the Orochi!!" Shermie shivered at the fact her lover killed her at one time. "That's....kinda.....weird....." Chris stopped munching on the burrito. "Does that mean we're still dead?" Orochi spoke. "No. You're alive once again. Do as you wish." Yashiro was angry, yet exhilarated at the same time. "But we-" Orochi shooed him away. "Have fun with your lives. Seriously. You guys did a lot in my name, and this is my gift." The trio looked at each other. "Alright, let's live then," Yashiro shrugged. From then, they bought a house. How'd they get the money? Beats me. Yashiro owns a music store at the Southtown Mall, Chris is in college now, and Shermie works at a bar.
"We need your fucking help," Iori instant messaged Kyo, reading from a script Chizuru prepared for him. Chizuru jabbed him. "That's NOT what it says." Iori scowled as he continued to type. She was leaning on Iori, checking that he did not stray from her intentional words. "I really appreciate this, I mean it," Chizuru thanked. "If you ever need ANYTHING, let me know." Iori was interested now. "Anything?" Chizuru sighed. "Except Kyo's death." Iori scratched his chin. "That would've been a swell offer, but it's not what I had in mind." Chizuru's mind was racing trying to understand what he meant. If it was anything off limits, he already knew that she wouldn't stand for it. "It better not be what I'm thinking...." she glared. Iori was a bit taken aback. "No, I was wondering if you could like, give me a couple thousand. Psssh...I don't know what the hell you were thinking. That's kinda sick, Chiz." She blushed in embarrassment. "Fine, I'll be able to give you a couple thousand ONLY if Kyo agrees to join us." Iori grumbled.
Iori came over Kyo's house to convince him to help the Sacred Treasures Team. "You BETTER come help us, or you WILL die." Iori demanded. Kyo shrugged it off. "That shit's boring, man." Iori laughed pathetically. "Yeah, then do it real quick, you hot piece of shit. You ARE a piece of shit, and you deserve to die." Kyo stared at him. "I let you in my fucking house, and this is how you treat me? Wow, you're such a dick." Iori was boiling. "KYO. Let's just get this over with. I don't want to do this shit as much as you do, but Chiz is gonna keep bothering us about this." Kyo nodded, as he walked around thinking. "Uh huh," he simply answered. "Plus, Goenitz is back, Rugal, and others." Kyo turned around. "Shit, why didn't you say there was going to be more than one? I can take them! Hell yeah, let's do this!" Iori facepalmed.
Iori put his newly acquired funds in the bank, and Chizuru was now smiling. "Okay, boys. Let's get to it!" She pulled out her Blackberry and set the GPS to locate Orochi. Kyo was a bit startled. "You do everything on there?" Chizuru beamed. "Of course! I watch the seal on here. Everything." Kyo and Iori looked at each other as if the idea were the dumbest they've heard. "Okay then...."Iori dragged his words. "So....what does Jeeves say?" He produced light chuckles. Chizuru held up a finger as to say "hold on". Google was activated and Google maps showed the exact location of all of the Heavenly Kings. Chizuru said each location aloud in utter confusion, and practically scoffed in derision. "Goenitz is at the wines and spirits store?? Yashiro's at the Southtown Mall? Chris is in class??" Then the last one made her choke up in disbelief. "Shermie's at Hooters?!?" Kyo and Iori's faces were frozen. Completely frozen. Chizuru didn't even bother reading Orochi's location at that minute, which was about as long as it took for them to gather their realizations. "What the hell is going on here?" Chizuru demanded to know, talking into her phone. Kyo folded his arms. "Yeah, that's what I'd like to know. Well, then where Orochi??" Chizuru looked, and then looked down the street. "He's in the river...."
"Good afternoon, Southtown. This is Rugal Bergstein with your local news. A man called Orochi is in the river. Back to you, Diane." A television played at the mall as Chizuru and company neared the music store; they decided to go to who was nearest since they obviously would waste a lot of time going into the river. "Well, let's go in the tv station and kick his ass," Kyo motioned. Iori shifted his eyes to Chizuru. "What we fucking need is a plan, goddammit." Chizuru nodded solemnly. "You're right," she said. "I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm sorry. I feel this is my fault." Kyo rolled his eyes. "Wah, wah, wah. It's allll my fault," Iori teased. Chizuru stamped her foot. "Let's just GO talk to Yashiro..." Kyo snickered. "Is this what you do in the office?" They laughed. Chizuru was already in the music store; she right then and there decided to try to do everything herself.
(to be continued)
