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money, no honey). Everything I write can't and won't be used against me (I
hope). Domo Arigato Gozaimasu.
**Ahoy, citizens! Well, here's something that's been cooking in my cranium for quite a while: a Sakura Taisen/Gravitation crossover!! (Yuri meets Yaoi, go figure.) But of course, the main leads aren't the main leads anymore, and those who should have been are (did that make any sense?) It's a Tohma/Maria, Maria/Ohgami bit. Enjoy!!
Chapter 1: Realizations
Maria drifted through the halls of the Imperial Theater; the once glorious, elegant baubles festooning the large sanctuary were now all burned to crispy perfection, the gleaming walls charred nice and toasty. It was strange to think that less than half a year ago, she had called this place her home, and now look at it, left to rot in a smoldered ruin.
She didn't know what she was doing here anyway. She was at peace in her room when Koran just suddenly popped in and dragged her Russian ass to the trip.
"You're doing nothing, just sulking around here all day. I know we are still on guard, in case any more resurrections of Satan Aoi happen, but it's time to relax!" Koran had babbled as she pulled Maria to the automobile. "Beside, all the others have taken vacations, 'cept for you and moi, so who will I go with?"
Maria just grunted a response. She was doing perfectly fine relaxing on her own, thank you very much. Spending days in solitude and stagnant living are the best ways to do so.
Not.
* * * * *
"Tohma?"
"Hmmn?"
Mika propped her chin with her elbow, her eyes roving over the reclined figure of her husband in bed. Beautiful.
"Will you really do nothing about Shuichi?" she asked, her fingers weaving through Tohma's hair. "He'll cause nothing but trouble in Eiri's life. I told you he's not good for him."
Tohma rolled over to his side, trying to shut the sound of Mika's voice off. It was getting annoying. Every night she just complained again and again how Shindou-san was ruining her brother. Can't she see that it's him that's helping Yuki heal? Tohma thought. Can't she get past her biased outlook on homosexuality and just shove her comments down her throat?
Why the hell did I marry this woman anyway? Tohma pondered as Mika just continued her diatribe against Shindou-san. At first, he thought it was because he really loved her. After all, he had courted her for five years. Then he realized that it wasn't her that he loved, but the challenge of it all. After that, it was pretty smooth sailing. That put the flame out pretty quickly.
Then he rationalized, and said to himself that this was the only way he would be able to watch over Yuki closely; if they were related. But that wasn't very reasonable either, seeing that Yuki became so overly famous that every tabloid has his name scrawled over it. He didn't need Mika to keep him posted.
Then, right there, in the middle of Mika's blabbing, he realized it. He felt nothing for this woman; he had no reason to be with her any longer than he had. With that realization, he stood up from bed.
"And then that Shuichi- Tohma? Tohma, what are you doing?"
"I'm taking a walk." With that, he put on his clothes and turned to the door.
Mika hurried after him. "Wait, I'll come with you. It'll be like a midnight date."
Gag. "No, you just stay here, I feel like being alone for a while."
"But-"
"Please." And he left.
Mika stood across the doorway, half dressed, with a pondering frown on her face. "What the hell is wrong with him?"
* * * * *
As she observed the cracks on the ceiling, Maria wondered what had happened that made life seem like and endless nothing to her. The fact was, she was feeling that she had no purpose anymore. The war days had been better, she thought, at least there was something I could do; I felt useful, alive, like I belonged there.
Now she just felt like a drifter, a piece of algae wafting through water. Why was that? Her other teammates certainly didn't feel that way. Sumire had been ecstatic when the Commander said that they could have a vacation.
"Omigod, at last, I can arrange my acting career, somewhere in Europe, where there are no dirty Wakiji smutting the place up. And where there plenty of blue-eyed foreign angels.."
Really, Maria would not be surprised if Sumire ended up being banged by some random Dutch boy.
Kanna was a little more practical. "I'm going back home, and help my family with the dojo. We have to start teaching the student the techniques on how to repel evil." Then she sallied forth, with baggage as big as rice sacks strapped on to her. She said it was filled with presents, to coax her father into changing the style a little. "Can't hurt."
Kanna would definitely NOT be banged on her vacation.
Sakura, on the other hand, decided to go to her ancestral home and invited Iris to go with her. Iris tried to contain herself for a few seconds before she blew up the china cabinet in excitement, and uttered a meek "yes". Actually, Maria had been invited too.
"Come on, Maria , it'll be fun!! My mom makes the best onigiri, and there are people you can spar with there. The four of us will have a great time!!"
"The four of us?"
"Yeah," Sakura stuffed her suitcase with clothing till it was full to bursting. "You, me, Iris and Captain Ohgami. I invited him as well."
"And he agreed?"
"He said he'd love to come."
"No thanks."
Maria seethed. If Ohgami bangs Sakura, she didn't know who she'd kill.
The fact was, she had feelings for him. Deep, dark feelings. The kind of feelings that kept her awake at night, hoping he'll come to her room and sweep her off into the sunrise. But she didn't know how to express it, how to control it. She's never been buddy-buddy with Ohgami, like Sakura and the rest of them. But her stomach contracted when he was near; his eyes, his smile swirled around her head hours after he's gone, and the only way she knew how to react to that is hiding behind her I'm-the-real-Captain-and- not-you façade.
After Maria had exited from Sakura's room, guess who she bumped into?
"Hey."
"Sir."
"Umm, so where are you going for your vacation?"
"I'll be staying here, captain."
"What? But I thought Sakura invited you-"
"I declined. It's not really my thing, family togetherness. I'll just be left out."
"Oh."
"Enjoy your vacation, captain."
"You too."
And that was that.
Now, with Koran in the deserted Imperial Capital Theater, Maria debated on her decision. She could be here, observing dust bunnies rolling around the floor and Koran hacking of pieces of circuitry, or at Sakura's ancestral home, observing Sakura and Ohgami macking on the obi.
What a choice.
In the middle of examining a torched painting, Maria heard an explosion. It sounded like it came from the former Kobu hangar. She raced to the stairs.
"What has she done now?"
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Ano? ANO??!! Review, children of Gaea, for we are one with the universe, like life, which is a box of chocolates. (Huh?")
See you on the next chapter!! ^_^
Note: Here's another funny one. While running this through the spellchecker, guess what came up for Ohgami? =orgasmic!!! (Open hard drive, insert foot.)
**Ahoy, citizens! Well, here's something that's been cooking in my cranium for quite a while: a Sakura Taisen/Gravitation crossover!! (Yuri meets Yaoi, go figure.) But of course, the main leads aren't the main leads anymore, and those who should have been are (did that make any sense?) It's a Tohma/Maria, Maria/Ohgami bit. Enjoy!!
Chapter 1: Realizations
Maria drifted through the halls of the Imperial Theater; the once glorious, elegant baubles festooning the large sanctuary were now all burned to crispy perfection, the gleaming walls charred nice and toasty. It was strange to think that less than half a year ago, she had called this place her home, and now look at it, left to rot in a smoldered ruin.
She didn't know what she was doing here anyway. She was at peace in her room when Koran just suddenly popped in and dragged her Russian ass to the trip.
"You're doing nothing, just sulking around here all day. I know we are still on guard, in case any more resurrections of Satan Aoi happen, but it's time to relax!" Koran had babbled as she pulled Maria to the automobile. "Beside, all the others have taken vacations, 'cept for you and moi, so who will I go with?"
Maria just grunted a response. She was doing perfectly fine relaxing on her own, thank you very much. Spending days in solitude and stagnant living are the best ways to do so.
Not.
* * * * *
"Tohma?"
"Hmmn?"
Mika propped her chin with her elbow, her eyes roving over the reclined figure of her husband in bed. Beautiful.
"Will you really do nothing about Shuichi?" she asked, her fingers weaving through Tohma's hair. "He'll cause nothing but trouble in Eiri's life. I told you he's not good for him."
Tohma rolled over to his side, trying to shut the sound of Mika's voice off. It was getting annoying. Every night she just complained again and again how Shindou-san was ruining her brother. Can't she see that it's him that's helping Yuki heal? Tohma thought. Can't she get past her biased outlook on homosexuality and just shove her comments down her throat?
Why the hell did I marry this woman anyway? Tohma pondered as Mika just continued her diatribe against Shindou-san. At first, he thought it was because he really loved her. After all, he had courted her for five years. Then he realized that it wasn't her that he loved, but the challenge of it all. After that, it was pretty smooth sailing. That put the flame out pretty quickly.
Then he rationalized, and said to himself that this was the only way he would be able to watch over Yuki closely; if they were related. But that wasn't very reasonable either, seeing that Yuki became so overly famous that every tabloid has his name scrawled over it. He didn't need Mika to keep him posted.
Then, right there, in the middle of Mika's blabbing, he realized it. He felt nothing for this woman; he had no reason to be with her any longer than he had. With that realization, he stood up from bed.
"And then that Shuichi- Tohma? Tohma, what are you doing?"
"I'm taking a walk." With that, he put on his clothes and turned to the door.
Mika hurried after him. "Wait, I'll come with you. It'll be like a midnight date."
Gag. "No, you just stay here, I feel like being alone for a while."
"But-"
"Please." And he left.
Mika stood across the doorway, half dressed, with a pondering frown on her face. "What the hell is wrong with him?"
* * * * *
As she observed the cracks on the ceiling, Maria wondered what had happened that made life seem like and endless nothing to her. The fact was, she was feeling that she had no purpose anymore. The war days had been better, she thought, at least there was something I could do; I felt useful, alive, like I belonged there.
Now she just felt like a drifter, a piece of algae wafting through water. Why was that? Her other teammates certainly didn't feel that way. Sumire had been ecstatic when the Commander said that they could have a vacation.
"Omigod, at last, I can arrange my acting career, somewhere in Europe, where there are no dirty Wakiji smutting the place up. And where there plenty of blue-eyed foreign angels.."
Really, Maria would not be surprised if Sumire ended up being banged by some random Dutch boy.
Kanna was a little more practical. "I'm going back home, and help my family with the dojo. We have to start teaching the student the techniques on how to repel evil." Then she sallied forth, with baggage as big as rice sacks strapped on to her. She said it was filled with presents, to coax her father into changing the style a little. "Can't hurt."
Kanna would definitely NOT be banged on her vacation.
Sakura, on the other hand, decided to go to her ancestral home and invited Iris to go with her. Iris tried to contain herself for a few seconds before she blew up the china cabinet in excitement, and uttered a meek "yes". Actually, Maria had been invited too.
"Come on, Maria , it'll be fun!! My mom makes the best onigiri, and there are people you can spar with there. The four of us will have a great time!!"
"The four of us?"
"Yeah," Sakura stuffed her suitcase with clothing till it was full to bursting. "You, me, Iris and Captain Ohgami. I invited him as well."
"And he agreed?"
"He said he'd love to come."
"No thanks."
Maria seethed. If Ohgami bangs Sakura, she didn't know who she'd kill.
The fact was, she had feelings for him. Deep, dark feelings. The kind of feelings that kept her awake at night, hoping he'll come to her room and sweep her off into the sunrise. But she didn't know how to express it, how to control it. She's never been buddy-buddy with Ohgami, like Sakura and the rest of them. But her stomach contracted when he was near; his eyes, his smile swirled around her head hours after he's gone, and the only way she knew how to react to that is hiding behind her I'm-the-real-Captain-and- not-you façade.
After Maria had exited from Sakura's room, guess who she bumped into?
"Hey."
"Sir."
"Umm, so where are you going for your vacation?"
"I'll be staying here, captain."
"What? But I thought Sakura invited you-"
"I declined. It's not really my thing, family togetherness. I'll just be left out."
"Oh."
"Enjoy your vacation, captain."
"You too."
And that was that.
Now, with Koran in the deserted Imperial Capital Theater, Maria debated on her decision. She could be here, observing dust bunnies rolling around the floor and Koran hacking of pieces of circuitry, or at Sakura's ancestral home, observing Sakura and Ohgami macking on the obi.
What a choice.
In the middle of examining a torched painting, Maria heard an explosion. It sounded like it came from the former Kobu hangar. She raced to the stairs.
"What has she done now?"
*************************
Ano? ANO??!! Review, children of Gaea, for we are one with the universe, like life, which is a box of chocolates. (Huh?")
See you on the next chapter!! ^_^
Note: Here's another funny one. While running this through the spellchecker, guess what came up for Ohgami? =orgasmic!!! (Open hard drive, insert foot.)