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The Agony Of Goodbye: Sunday - The Arrival

Wallabee Beatles has been in a gloomily and depressed state for quite sometime now. Next Sunday will be his thirteen birthday and like every operative knows, they will no longer be part of the Kids Next Door and will have to face being decommissioned. With spring break and a week left in his pre-teen life, he thought he could spend time with his friends at the treehouse relaxing, going on missions and having fun, trying to forget about being decommissioned.

Unfortunately, his dad also had plans for him. Just a few days before spring break would begin, he tells Wally that he'd be accompanying him on his business trip to Japan. His mouth literally drops, feeling devastated that he'd have to spend his last remaining week as a Kids Next Door operative with his dad. Wally begs and pleads with him, thinking of any excuse to stay home. He even offers to baby-sit his little brother since his parents thinks he is too small to go, but nothing worked. Defeated, packs his bags for the trip.

As Wally sits in the cab, looking out the window, he reflects on what could have been. He could be helping his friend, Hoagie Gilligan, working on his latest two by four weapon or planning to spy on his other friend, Nigel Uno when he goes out on his date with his girlfriend Lizzie. For some reason, he remembers that 'new comics day' is coming up, so he's glad that he doesn't have to get Abby's girly magazine. But a little part of him wishes he could, knowing he would get the chance to hang out with them, instead of being thousands of miles away from them.

"Enjoying the scenery, hey sport?" He hears his dad ask. Wally slightly turns his head towards him, sighs, then looks back out the window. "Come on, Wallabee. Don't look so down in the dumps."

"But dad! I wanted to stay home and be with my friends during spring break."

"Oh, come off it son. One of your friends is already here!" Wally turns his head, seeing Kuki bobbing her head, listening to her CD player. When she sees him looking at her, she gives a cheerful smile and waves before turning to the other side of the cab. He's somewhat happy that she is with him on this trip, but it doesn't help the fact that he'll be decommissioned in a week. When he thought of that, he realizes something he forgot to ask his dad.

"Hey dad. Why is she here? And why is it already Sunday? I mean, we left Friday night." With a cheery grin, he puts his arm around his son.

"Well sport, Mrs. Sanban asked me to come and speak at these meetings we have to attend." Wally could picture everyone in that boardroom either sleeping or dying of boredom with the way his dad speaks. "And the reason why it's Sunday is because we're in a different time zone. Japan is ahead of us as far as time, so when we traveled here, we miss a day. But don't worry. When we come back, we'll get that day back."

"Oh. I can hardly wait," Wally sarcastically says, knowing his days with the Kids Next Door will be over with once he gets back. "Hey dad. Where are we staying at?"

"Hmmm...I'm not sure." Mr. Beatles leans over to the passenger side, where Mrs. Sanban is sitting. "Say Genkei, what place are we staying at again?" Mrs. Sanban turns around with a half-hearted smile on her face.

"Well Adoni, we'll be staying at two places. We're going to go to my sister's place, where I think she runs an apartment building of some sort. We'll stay there for like a few days before going to my other sister's place in Tokyo with her family."

"Do these sisters' have any kids around Wally and Kuki's age?"

"I don't think so. One of them isn't married and the other has two teenage girls. I have brother that we won't be able to visit because he lives so far away, but has a son that should be going to college." Wally frowns at the fact that he is going to meet Kuki's cousins, fearing that if they're anything like her, he'll have to put up with all their cuteness.

Wally becomes silent for the remainder of the ride, thinking of how to kill the time while in Japan. He really doesn't want to go anywhere or do anything. He just wants to home go. When the cab finally stops, he gets out and stares at the long flight of stairs.

"Is this where your sister lives?" His dad asks.

"Yeah. I used to take Kuki here when she was small." Everyone grabs their bags and ascends up the stairs. Wally's glad he packed light for this trip since the stairs seem to be endless. They get halfway up when Mrs. Sanban calls out to them.

"This way everyone," she says, walking towards a different path. "My sister lives here." All three of them looked bewildered.

"But I thought your sister lived in the apartment building?" Mr. Beatles asks, causing her to giggle.

"No Adoni. I said that 'she might run the apartment building'. I didn't say she lived there." Wally saw a hint of embarrassment on his dad face before following Mrs. Sanban. When they arrived at her sister's place, Wally is bewildered to see how small and plain it looks. He expected something bigger and the place at least painted, not the showing of wood. He notices a sign above the entrance and is about to ask Mrs. Sanban what it means when he sees her walking up the short flight of stairs and entering the small house. Everyone follows her and to their surprise, sees small tables and benches all around the room.

"What kind of place?" Wally asks his dad. Before he could get a reply, a small girl with short blonde hair and what seems to be her school uniform comes in, screaming at the top of her lungs, bounding around. Immediately, a woman with short brown hair with a cigarette in her mouth, wearing a brown apron over her purple shirt, comes out from the back and yells at the blonde girl. The conversation is in Japanese, so Wally has no clue about what they're saying.

When they're done arguing, they turn towards the group. With a huge smile on her face, the small shorthaired blonde girl jumps at Wally, grabbing onto him. The speed at which she is going at causes them to fall to the floor. When they crash, he suddenly feels hot around his cheeks, seeing the blonde girl on top of him.

"Hey you! Got off of me!" Wally yells.

The blonde girl looks surprise. She says something in Japanese and to Wally's surprises, his dad answers her in Japanese. She snaps her fingers, hops off of him and runs out of the small house. Wally stays on the floor for a few seconds before getting up and brushing himself off.

"When in the world do you know Japanese, dad?"

"Most of my clients are from Japan, so I had to learn the language." Before Wally could react, he feels something heavy on his head before a volt of electricity rushes throughout his body. Oddly enough, it doesn't kill him and is still conscious to witness Mrs. Sanban and her sister yelling at the blonde girl.

"What in the world is that thing?" Mrs. Sanban's sister yells.

"Oh that? It's my latest invention. It's a..." Wally's mind starts to wander off, wondering what the blonde girl is talking about. He looks around the room to find the restroom. When he sees a sign that looks like a man, he walks towards the door. He enters the room, turning on the light and sees the toilet.

"Good," he says to himself. "Now what in the world is on my head?" He looks at the mirror, seeing a funny looking helmet with light bulbs. The helmet looks strangely familiar to him, but can't quite remember where he has seen it. Just as he's about to open the door, he suddenly remembers where he seen the helmet before, bursting out the room and turns into a chibi, screaming at the top of his lungs.

"What's wrong sport?"

"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" Wally desperately struggles to take the 'Yes Dear 5000' off his head.

"Don't do that!" The blonde girl yells at him. "That's for your own good."

"MY OWN GOOD?! I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR..."Wally suddenly stops screaming and returns to his normal pre-teen size, realizing what the girl just said to him. "Waitaminute, you spoke Japanese." He pauses, realizing when he just said. "Waitaminute, I just spoke Japanese...and I understand myself." He looks at everyone with a confuse and blank expression. "What's going on?"

"It's my latest invention!" The blonde girl happily says. "It's the 'Japanese Translator' helmet. Basically, as long as you wear that helmet, you can speak and understand Japanese!"

"Oh. Uh...thanks," Wally says, unsure of what to really think.

"You're welcome." The blonde girl takes a twenty five-foot jump towards Wally, landing a few inches next to him, showing a friendly smile. "I'm Kaolla, but everyone calls me Su." Her smile suddenly changes to a devilishly, cat-looking grin. "Have anything yummy to eat for me?"

"Su! Don't be scaring our guest now." Yells the woman with the cigarette. "Since it seems we're introducing ourselves, I'm Urashima Haruka; Genkei's sister." Wally suddenly remembers that people in Japan say their last name first. "By the way, where is Mushi?"

"She fell ill a few days ago, so Kani is taking care of her." After smiling to her sister, Haruka sees Wally's dad walking towards her.

"It's very nice to meet you Haruka," Wally's dad says, bowing to her. "I'm Adoni Beatles and this is my son Wallabee."

"Please, just call me Wally." Not wanting to feel left out, Genkei walks up to Su.

"Hi there Su-chan. I'm Genkei Sanban. And over there..." Pointing to Kuki, who's away from everyone. "...is my daughter Kuki." Su looks at Kuki, who is waving at her with a smile.

"So, you're related to Keitaro?" Su ask. Genkei shows a bewilder expression, not excepting that question.

"Why yes Su-chan. I'm his aunt." She turns her attention towards Haruka. "Is Keitaro here?"

"Yeah Genkei," she says. "He's the manager of the dorms here."

"Manager? Dorms? What happened to Grandma Hina? And when did this place turn into a dorm?"

"Grandma Hina renovated the apartments into an all-girls dorm sometime after you leave for America."

"An all-girls dorm?" Haruka nodded. "Then why is Keitaro the manager?"

"She appointed him manager before leaving." Genkei looks confuse. "Anyway, he knows that you're coming and has a room for you to stay in. I'll show you where since he should be studying right now." With everyone carrying their luggage, they follow Haruka out the door and towards the dorm.

Once they reach the dorm, Haruka slides open the door, letting everyone inside. They take their shoes off before continuing two flights of stairs, letting Su go off on her own. When they reach the top, they continue down a hallway before stopping at the end.

"You'll be staying here," Haruka says, sliding open the door and letting them in. When Wally steps in, he's amazed how large it is, thinking that a dozen people could sleep in here. The room itself looks rather dull with the cream-colored walls and hardwood floors, expecting more of an oriental touch. He walks towards window on the other side of the room. He looks out, not seeing much but trees and green hills.

"Say Haruka," Wally's dad begins. "Where are the beds?"

"We don't have any beds here," she says. "But we do have futons. I can show you where if you need any." He nods and follows Haruka out the room. Wally couldn't help listen to the conversation, not making sense of why they're aren't any beds in this room. But also...

"Mrs. Sanban. What's a futon?" He asks, turning towards her.

"Well Wally, a futon is a traditional Japanese bed that is laid on the floor."

"Oh." There's a bewilder look across his face, not understanding why they don't have regular beds.

A few minutes later, Mr. Beatles comes back carrying four futons. Mrs. Sanban grabs one for herself and lays it on the floor while Adoni opens the closet and throws two futons in, keeping one for himself. Noticing that Genkei is already in her futon, Mr. Beatles walks towards Wally and Kuki.

"We're going to rest up because of the jet-lag before we leave to attend our meeting," He whispers so he doesn't disturb Mrs. Sanban. "Now, you're welcome to join us in a nap or check out the dormitory, but please behave yourselves. We are guest here." With that, he slips into the futon. Feeling somewhat jet lag himself, Wally starts to head towards the closet when he feels Kuki grabs his arm.

"Come on Wally! Let's go exploring." She literary drags him out of the room, gently closing the door behind her. Still holding onto his arm, Kuki drags him across the hallway.

"Hey!" Wally yells, trying to stop her as they reach the stairs. "Kuki, STOP!" He pulls back his arm, making her let go and spinning her around in circles. "What's your problem?" She finally stops spinning, having swirls in her eyes.

"What are you talking about silly?" She says, falling to the floor. "Oh, I'm really dizzy." Wally crouches down, angrily staring at her.

"I'M TALKING ABOUT DRAGGING ME OUT OF THE ROOM AND NEARLY RIPPING MY ARM OFF! DO YOU THINK I..." Wally stops yelling, noticing the swirls in her eyes disappearing as they're being replace with watery tears.

"You mean...you don't want to...go exploring with me?" She cries, having a few tears run down her face. As much as Wally is angry at her, he doesn't like to see Kuki hurt. He pushes away his rage and tries to calm her down.

"No Kuki. It's not that. It's just...I wish you asked first. That's all." Feeling his cheeks hot, turning away from her. "In fact, I was just about to suggest we explore this place, since we are going to be staying here for a while."

"You mean it?" He turns around, seeing her wiping her eyes before looking at him elegantly. With a smile, he nods his head, making Kuki jump to her feet. "YAY! Come on! We have no time to waste!"

"Just don't grab my arm and drag me around." Kuki nods and starts going down the stairs. Wally follows her down, walking side by side as they reach the second floor hallway. They take a few steps towards the stairs leading to the first floor when he hears her crying again. "What are you crying about now?"

"I thought you were crying." They both turn their heads at one another, seeing that neither has shred a tear. Suddenly, someone runs in-between them, hearing that person crying. They watch the person, seeming to be a girl since the clothing is a green dress with pink sleeves, running as fast as they can before disappearing down the stairs.

"Wait! I can explain!" Someone yells from behind them. They turn around to see someone's backside, probably a guy with the way the haircut is. They see a girl with long light-brown hair, looking enraged and viciously staring at the guy.

"Oh, I already know your explanation," she says, cocking her arm back. "YOU LIKE TO GET OFF ON MAKING SHINOBU CRY!" Taking a step forward, she lets her arm fly, hitting him in the face and sending him flying towards Kuki and Wally. They jump out of the way, watching the guy fly upwards at mach speed before hitting the ceiling and taking a tumbling fall down the stairs. Not wanting to get in the way of the furious girl, the young operatives quickly run down the stairs, but stop halfway towards the bottom when they see the guy lying on the floor, a few feet next to the steps, with his neck bend back.

"Is he dead?" Wally whispers to Kuki, slowly making their way towards the body. Thinking the worst, Kuki crouches down to check his pulse, but the body begins to groan, causing her to jump back. As a reflex, Wally catches her in his arms. When they look at the position they're in, she jumps off and both turn away from the other, blushing profusely.

"Well, at least Naru's punches doesn't feel that painful anymore." The man on the floor says. Knowing now that he's alive, the operatives come to his aid, helping him sit up.

"Are you alright?" Kuki ask.

"Yes. I'm fine." The man smile, but something out of the corner of his eye catches his attention. He turns his head towards Kuki, vaguely staring at her, noticing her long black hair. "Wait a minute. You're not Shinobu." Kuki gets a little frighten with the way he's looking at her. "Exactly who are you?" Before she could answer, Su comes popping in out of nowhere.

"KEITARO!" She yells before kicking him in the face. She hops off his face once he fall back to the floor, landing a few inches away from his head. " Come on and play with me!"

"Let me get the feeling back in my entire body first," he says, sounding like he lost all of his teeth. After a few grueling seconds of trying to stand, he's on his feet and shakes off any pain he had earlier, looking in the direction of Wally. "What the? Who are you?"

"That's Beatles Wally," Su says, bringing Keitaro's attention back to her.

"How do you know him?"

"We meet like ten minutes ago."

"Oh." Scratching his head, he turns in the direction towards Kuki. "And who is she?"

"That's your Aunt Genkei's daughter, Sanban Kuki."

"WHAT?!" Keitaro's eyes grow ten sizes larger in a second before going back to normal size, making his way towards her. "Little Kuki-chan?" She nods her head with a frighten smile. "Oh my gosh. You're all grown up. Why, I remember when you were in diapers or a lack there of, always running around butt-naked." Kuki's frighten smile turns into an embarrassing one, hearing Wally chuckle at his comment. She turns her head towards him, about to tell him to shut up when she sees the girl that punched her cousin come flying down the stairs.

"Alright Keitaro, I'm going to...huh?" She stops dead in her tracks, staring at Kuki and Wally. "Who are you two?" Both the operatives are too scare to answer, not knowing her state of mind.

"Remember I told you that my aunt from America will be staying with us?" The girl nods. "Well, this is her daughter and my cousin, Sanban Kuki." He points to her. "And over there..." He points to Wally. "...huh...what's your name again?"

"Wally. Wally Beatles." He says with a dishearten tone.

"Right! Wally, Kuki. You already met Su-chan. This over here pointing to the girl is Narusegawa Naru, a resident here like Su-chan."

"Please to met you two," Naru politely says.

"Same here!" Wally replies, still scare of her.

"Like wise!" Kuki adds. She turns around to not look at her anymore, but bumps into her cousin, causing the two of them to fall. When they hit the floor, Keitaro realizes he is on top of her and quickly tries to get up. Unfortunately, he accidentally places a hand on her chest, causing him to act a hysterical, jumping to his feet.

"I'm sorry Kuki-chan! I didn't mean to touch you there!"

"You better be," Naru shouts, charging at him. "SHE'S YOUR COUSIN!" She comes within arms length of him before giving an uppercut, sending him into orbit. Kuki looks up, seeing holes in the ceiling of this room and every room above it. Wally comes over to her, helping her up, also noticing the holes above him. "Incase you didn't know this Kuki-chan, your cousin is a pervert." Quickly brushing her hands, Naru walks away and disappears up the stairs.

"Man! She's crazy!" Kuki says.

"I know," Wally replies. "Hey? Where's Su?"

"Who knows. Wanna keep exploring?"

"As long as we don't bump into Naru again." They nod in agreement before continuing on.

Within an hour, they have covered the lower level of the dorms and the outside area. There isn't much to do or see, but they at least know where everything is. When they go back inside the dorms, they see another resident. They don't bother to talk to her since she passed out on the couch with a number of empty sake bottles on the floor and one in her mouth. They continue on when they walk by the stairs and see their parents. They tell the pre-teens they are going to their meeting and won't be back then dinnertime. After watching their parents leave, then continue on.

They go into the hallway near the first floor stairs and open the first door on their left, which is the laundry room. They're about to close the door and leave, but Kuki notices a door on the other side. Curious, she enters the room, walking towards the door. Wally doesn't notice her entering the room until he hears she screaming. Concern, he enters the room going to the open door on the other side.

"Kuki! What's wrong?!"

"Look Wally! A swimming pool!" With a cheery smile across her face, she points to a body of water surrounded by rocks in a large circle. Wally stares at the pool, dropping his jaw literarily to the ground.

'You got to be kidding me! They have a swimming pool like that?' He thinks to himself, marveling at the architecture way the pool is built. But as beautiful he thinks the pool is, he knows its going to be too deep for him to swim in. He doesn't even notice that Kuki ever left the pool area until he sees her in her one-piece purple bathing suit with a matching swimming cap.

"Come on Wally. Let's swim!" She says with a slight giggle.

"Are you kidding me? You know I can't swim and that thing has to be at least five feet deep!"

"But I thought you could swim when you defeated your navigate self?"

"I don't think jumping into a pool and popping right back out is consider learning how to swim," he sarcastically says, feeling a bit cranky. When he realizes what he said and how he sounded, he thought she would be upset and crying, but Kuki looks mischievous and cunning instead, scaring him a little. "Huh...Kuki. What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing!" She says in a high pitch voice, giggling uncontrollability, still looking mischievous and cunning.

"Are you..." Before Wally could finish his sentence, Kuki takes a few steps towards the pool and jumps in. Wally doesn't figure it out until she's in mid air that he's staying a few inches away from the pool. "Ah...crud." With no time to run, he watches her dive into the water, waiting to be splashed on. Luckily for him, it never happens, seeing her pretty much sitting in the water.

"What the yeck?!" Kuki screams, feeling sore and batter from the unexpected stop she took from her dive. She manages to stand up on her own and notices that the water is up to her shins. "What kind of pool is this?"

"Must be the shallow end," Wally says. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I wonder how deep this pool is." She begins to walk, dragging her feet along the water. Wally watches her go around the entire pool area, without a change in water level. Curious to know if it's really that shallow, he rolls up his sleeve to his shoulder and begins to put his bare arm in the pool. He pulls it back when he touches the water, not excepting it to be hot. He tries again, ignoring the heat and submerging his arm until it touches the bottom, seeing the water level reach his forearm.

"This is a weird pool," he says, taking his arm out of the water. "I mean, it's like made for kids."

"Yeah, but at least you can use it with no worries of drowning." Kuki says, hearing a slight tease in her tone. Despite her comment, he feels like using the pool.

"Might as well. I'm going to change. Be back in a few minutes." Wally exits the pool area and heads upstairs to the room.

Inside the room, he finds his luggage on the floor and changes into his blue swimming trunks. He tries to take his shirt off, but the helmet he's wearing is rather large to pull is over his head. He notices a large mirror in the room and goes over there, examining the helmet. He remembers he can't take it off with brutal force earlier and hopes there is something on the helmet to take it off. He doesn't see anything in the mirror that would let him and feels the back for something. On the right side, he feels a small round object on the helmet. He decides to push it, hearing a clicking noise when he does. Still pushing the object, he slowly lifts the helmet, taking it off his head with no hassle.

"So that's how you take it off." He walks back over to his luggage and sets the helmet next to it, along with his shirt before leaving the room.

He hurries down the two flights of stairs and into the laundry room when he remembers that he forgot his towel. Not wanting to go upstairs again, he checks a large cabinet door, finding a bunch of neatly folded white towels. He grabs one and closes the door before heading towards the pool. Walking on the platform towards the pool, he sees that the pool is covered in some sort of fog. He looks down at the water, noticing steam rising above. Although it's only steam, it's too dense to see anything in the pool.

"Kuki!" He calls out, waiting for a reply. After a minute, he calls out again. "Hey Kuki! Are you in there?" After waiting another minute, he figures that she's playing hide and go seek with him. "Fine Kuki! I'll play your little game! But you'll be sorry!" He hops into the steamy pool, determine to find her.

He searches all around the pool or at least he thinks he does since he can't see, with no luck. He changes his game plan to find her, but still can't. After about ten minutes of searching, Wally figures that she's either hiding somewhere out of the water or was never in the pool when he returned. Feeling drained, he sits down to relax. With his hands behind his head, he closes his eyes and enjoys the peacefulness around him. With the warm water breezing along his lower body and abdomen, he forgets all his troubles, waiting for Mr. Sandman take him to dreamland.

Feeling like an eternally of soothing silence, he hears the door sliding open. Wally doesn't bother checking who it is until he hears someone stepping into the small pool. Opening one eye, he sees a short faded figure in the mists of the dense steam. Going on pure adrenalin, which causes him to be wide awake, he can hear his heart rapidly beating, feeling like it's about to burst out of his chest as the figure gets closer and closer to him.

Suddenly, the figure stops about five to ten feet from Wally's estimation, sinking into the water. He guesses the figure stops sinking somewhere in the chest area, able to make out the shoulders and head. He can hear the person splashing water while humming to them self. He realizes it has to be Kuki since she always does that when she thinks she's alone.

Wanting to have a little fun with her, Wally searches around the edge of the pool and finds a wooden bucket. Quietly filling it with water, he slowly creeps up to Kuki, trying not to make much noise. He again can hear his heart beating rapidly, but it's more of anticipation then worry. Once he gets within a foot of her, he puts his plan into action.

"Got you!" He yells out, dumping the bucket of water on top of Kuki's head. "Ha! You think you can play a joke on me, huh Ku...Ku..." He's in a state of shock when Kuki turns around, only to find out "YOU'RE NOT KUKI!". He sees the tears in the girl's eyes, noticing that she has short dark blue hair and a towel rapped around her body. Both of them silently stand there, intently and nervously looking at the other.

After appearing to be hours of staring, the girl screams, causing Wally to freak out, running out of the pool. He gets halfway to the door when it slides open, making him freeze with fright. Appearing in the doorway is a tall girl with long black hair with a towel around her body. She takes one step onto the platform before seeing Wally, looking confuse and a bit tense. She asks him a question, but it's in Japanese and without he's translating helmet, Wally doesn't know what she asked him.

"You wouldn't, by chance, know any English, would you?" The tall girl tilts her head slightly, seeming not to understand him. Trying to figure out what to do next, Wally hears the other girl getting out of the pool, nervously yelling something in Japanese. He watches the tall girl's expression change from uncertainty to anger. Seeing the fury in her eyes, the tall girl pulls out a wooden sword out of nowhere. Wally pleads with her that this is a misunderstanding, but to no avail. The tall girl raises her sword above her head and yells something in Japanese before swinging downwards. Luckily for Wally, she is about twenty feet away from him when she swings, but the force of her swing is severe enough to send him flying backwards before losing consciousness.

Finally waking up, Wally sees that he's somewhere inside the dorm, staring at the ceiling. It takes him a moment to regain his composure before sitting up, blinking a few times to get the burliness out of his eyes. Once everything's in focus, he sees a girl kneeling next to him. At first, he thought it was Kuki, seeing the bone structure on the face. But when he realizes the girl has short dark blue hair, he throws the covers off, fiery pointing at her.

"You! The girl in the pool who I thought was Kuki! What the hell are you doing here?!" Hearing the furious tone in his voice, the girl's eyes quickly fill up with tears. "Well?! Speak up, dammit! What's wrong with you?!" Tears begin to trickle down her face, nervously trying to reply his answer. Wally's boiled facial expression intimidates the girl that she can no longer fight her emotions, letting her tears flow freely as she whimpers.

"Sumimiasen," the girl cries, jumping to her feet and running out of the room.

"Man! What was she doing here? And what in the world did she say?" Wally looks down, noticing that he's still wearing his swimming trunks.

"She was concern about what happen to you." Not realizing there was someone else in the room, Wally turns to the other side of the room and finds out why the voice sounds strangely familiar, seeing Kuki sitting next to him, looking a bit upset. "And since you aren't wearing your translating helmet, she said 'I'm sorry'." He feels a bit guilty for yelling at the girl and causing her to cry. He's not sure of what to say or do, but Kuki continues to speak. "And...in a way, I'm sorry too."

"You're sorry? For what?"

"Not defending you what I had the chance."

"What do you mean?"

"I was playing hide and go seek when you came back, but I was at the far end of the hot springs…"

"Wait," Wally stops her. "A hot springs?"

"Yeah. Keitaro told me that the shallow swimming pool is actually a hot springs. Anyway, I saw you looking for me in there, but you were going in circles. When you were resting, I was about fifteen feet away from you, debating if I sure come to you or not when that girl came." Wally can hear her sobbing, seeing tears form in her eyes. "If only I let you catch me or spoke up sooner, none of this would have happen." Like the girl who left, a tear trickles down her face. Not wanting her to repeat what the girl did or to make Kuki miserable, Wally tries his best to comfort her.

"Don't worry about it. It's my fault for thinking that girl was you. If I didn't decide to dump water on her or brought that helmet to the hot springs and talked my way out, none of this would have happen." Kuki brushes off a tear before leaning towards Wally to give him a hug.

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it." He can feel his cheeks on fire being so close to her, smelling her soothing body lotion. He wishes they could stay like this forever until he looks around the room and notices that "Say Kuki. Where's the translating helmet?" She hugs him a little tighter before letting go of him, looking into his eyes.

"Su has it. After what happened, she offered to keep me company when she remembered that the helmet isn't waterproof. She had been working on is ever since." Kuki slowly gets off her knees and stands up, stretching her legs. "By the way, before you woke up, the girl said that our parents are back and that dinner is almost ready."

"Thanks." He sees Kuki heading towards the door. "Where are you going?"

"I'm giving you a chance to change into your clothes."

"Oh. Okay." He watches her continue towards the door and opens it when he realizes "You think you can wait for me by the door? I'm not sure where we're eating."

"Sure," she replies with a smile before exiting the room, closing the door behind her.

Wally goes to his bag and quickly changes into his orange shirt, a pair of boxers and blue jeans. He tosses his swimming shorts onto the rest of his dirty laundry before stepping into the hallway where, as promised, Kuki waits for him. Following her lead, they walk down two flights of stairs, heading to the dining room.

Inside, they already see their parents, sitting at the table, leaving a two-chair gap between them. They also see Naru sitting at the corner of the table next to Kuki's mom, Keitaro helping out puts the food on the table and the drunk girl sitting across from Kuki's mom. Before either of them can take a step, Wally feels something heavy on his head. He knows it's Su, putting the translating helmet back on his head, but the volts of electricity rushing throughout his body is more then last time, causing him to fall to the floor.

"Hey Wally! Are you okay?" He looks up, seeing Su standing above him.

"No!" He shouts, standing up on his own. "Does this helmet always have to shock me when it's immediately on my head?!"

"Only if you just turned it on when you wear it." Giggling away, Su skips towards the table and takes a sit across from his dad. Following suit, Wally and Kuki head towards the table, sitting next to their parents and each other.

While waiting for the food, Wally sees the tall girl that attacked him earlier, taking a sit at the corner of the table between his dad and Su. He's a bit nervous having her sitting pretty close to him.

Turning away from her, he sees Keitaro putting down what looks to be a rice cooker before sitting next to Naru. Eager to eat, Wally leans forward to grab some sort of deep fried balls, when he notices the empty sit across from him. Seeing that's the only empty sit at the table, he leans back into his chair and waits for the person to sit when he sees someone coming out from a doorway, carrying a tray.

"Okay everyone. This is the last of the food I made." Very excited to eat, Wally watches the person set the tray of small red bowls, seeming to be a soup, in the middle of the table before taking the empty seat. He once again leans forward to grab some deep fried balls when he sees the person sitting across the table, staring at him and blushing like a dark cherry. He wouldn't mind or even notice the person across the table staring at him, if it weren't the fact that the person sitting across from him is the girl who he dumped water on in the hot springs and yelled at when he regained consciousness. He feels uneasy and extremely guilty for what he did to her, he's unsure of what to do. Fortunately for him, she's the first to act.

"You might want to grab some korokkes before they're all gone."

"Huh?" He looks down at the dish of the deep fried balls, seeing only a few left. He takes the serving spoon and scoops up the remainder, putting them onto his plate.

He grabs a few more food items, not really knowing what they are. Then again, he can eat pretty much anything unless it's brussels sprouts, liver or coconuts. Once he fills his plate with about every food item on the table, he reaches for a red bowl in the middle of the table, seeing the drunk girl staring at him.

"Where are my manners," she says with a smile. "I didn't introduce myself to any of you. I'm Konno Mitsune. But everyone calls me Kitsune."

"Fox, huh?" Mrs. Sanban remarks in a discouraging tone.

"Fox? What do you mean by that mom?"

"Kitsune is Japanese for fox, honey. Better watch out for her if she really is sly and cunning to have that nickname."

"I see that you've caught on to my personality, Ms..."

"Mrs. Genkei Sanban." She shoots her a wicked smile and a nasty look. "And this is my daughter, Kuki."

"Nice to meet you two," she replies, looking over to Wally and his dad. "And how about your two handsome accomplices? They have a name?" She puts an elbow on the table, resting her cheek while looking sexually deviant.

"Well Kitsune, I'm Adoni Beatles and this is my son Wallabee," he replies in a subtle and calming tone, either ignoring her advances or is too oblivious to notice them. He turns away from her, looking at the tall girl that attacked Wally. "And how about you miss?" Already chewing her food, they wait a moment for her to finish before gulping it down and taking a napkin to wipe her mouth.

"My name is Aoyama Motoko," she says before going back to eating. Wally looks at the girl across the table from him, realizing that she's the only one at the table who's name they don't know. She looks a bit edgy, blushing profusely as her eyes wander to the four American guests.

"And what about you miss?" Wally's dad ask to her.

"I'm...I'm...Maehara Shinobu," she nervously says, shuddering each syllable.

"Oh, you don't have to be afraid of us. We won't bite." Wally rolls his eyes at his dad's lame joke, but notices Shinobu cracking a bit of a smile.

To keep the conversation, Keitaro asked what the American adults did at their meeting. After a minute of Wally's dad talking, he wishes he kept his mouth shut as he and everyone else at the table hears him go into every boring detail of what they did and talked about.

Zoning out from the discussion, Wally reaches for his fork to pick up his food. But when he looks down, all he sees are two thin wooden sticks, remember they're called chopsticks. He looks around the table to see if there are any extra silverware when he notices that not only does everyone has a set of chopsticks, but are using them to pick up their food with ease, including his dad.

Not wanting to feel like an outcast for asking to have some silverware, Wally picks up his chopsticks and attempts to get his food like everyone else. Being that this is his first time using them, he observes everyone around the table to see how they work.

It doesn't take him long to figure out what to do, but as he reaches pick up one of the deep fried balls on his plate, he realizes that using chopsticks is harder then he thought, trying to separate the two chopsticks apart. It literary takes him a minute to finally do it, putting one of the deep fried balls between them. He picks up the ball, or at least tries to, watching it slip from the chopsticks. He tries again and successfully lifts the ball off the plate. Unfortunately, he lifts it only a centimeter before it falls back onto the plate. Determine to pick up the deep fried ball, he tries again and again with no avail. Frustrated, he holds the chopsticks tightly and stabs the deep fried ball. Feeling satisfies, he lifts it up and is about to take a bit when notices everyone staring at him.

"What?" His dad leans over to him.

"Son...that's not the way to use chopsticks and it's disrespectful " he whispers in Wally's ear. Wally turns his head towards his dad.

"But dad! These things are hard to use," he whispers back.

"I know they're hard son, but once you get used to them, it'll become second nature."

"Can't I just use silverware?"

"Nonsense! I want you to absorb what this culture has to offer."

"But dad..."

"No buts young man. Now use your chopsticks properly before your food gets cold." Wally's dad turns away from him, going back to eating his food. Not only does Wally feel betrayed at what his dad just told him, but the boiling point of his anger just exploded. He takes a bite of the deep fried ball, not savoring the flavor as he shallows it in one big gulp. Still holding onto his chopsticks, he stands up from his sit and screams at the top of his lungs, throwing his chopsticks in the process.

"You know dad, if I have to learn how to use chopsticks properly without being taught by you or anyone else, then I rather starve." Even though Wally's mad, he speaks in a calming tone before leaving the dining room.

Watching him leave, Kuki becomes very worried about him, knowing the stress that he's under. She excuses herself from the table and runs after him, noticing that the chopsticks he threw hit the bull's-eye on a dartboard. Stepping into the living room, she checks where he could have gone when she hears footsteps from up above. She races up the two flights of stairs before seeing him going back into their room. Unsure of his state of mind, she slowly makes her way towards their room before knocking on the door.

"What now!" Kuki feels a little hurt hearing him yell at her, but understands he reasoning.

"It's me Wally. Can I come in?"

"Oh. Sure." Kuki slowly slides the door open, seeing Wally standing next to the window with the helmet still on.

"You okay?" She walks towards him, but keeps a distance away from him incase he wants some space.

"No."

"It's about handling the chopsticks? If you like..."

"It's not that!" He shouts, looking furiously at her. When he realizes that he's scaring her, he calms himself down before speaking. "Sorry about that. I didn't mean to frighten you."

"I know. But what's troubling you?"

"Getting decommission for starters. There's also being forced by my dad to come on this trip. Now it's yelling at him and embarrassing him in front of everybody. Man! Aren't I going to get a lecture tonight!" Wally laughs at his comment, trying to feel good about himself instead of the anger that he built up inside.

Unbeknown to him, Kuki's feels heart broken to hear him mention his feelings about the trip. When her mom first told her about going to Japan, she felt extremely excited like she just got a new rainbow monkey. To her, meeting her cousins that she hasn't seen or can't remember will be an experience she hopes to cherish for as long as she can remember and form a bond that would never to broken. But when she found out that Wally was coming, she was overwhelmed with happiness, knowing that she could share this with a friend. But now, she didn't know what to think. She just feels hurt, wanting to know why Wally didn't want to come with her.

"Yeah. He's going to lecture you," she chuckles, trying her best to sound enthusiastic. She's about to ask his reason for not wanting to come to Japan when they hear a knock on the door.

"Speak of the devil," Wally utters softly that only he and Kuki hear. "Look dad, I'm sorry for..."

"Huh...actually, it's me. Shinobu. Could you please get the door? I have my hands full." Bewildered that it isn't his dad, Wally stands motionless, wondering why she's here. Noticing that he's not moving, Kuki takes it upon herself to let Shinobu in. When she does, they watch her come in, holding a tray full of food. It's not until Shinobu kneels down and places the tray next to Wally that she bought up his plate of food that he left behind.

"Shinobu..." Wally feels guilty for having her bring his food up to him. "You didn't..."

"Here." She cuts him off, placing something next to the plate of food. "I'll be back." She gets up and walks out the room. Unsure of what Shinobu placed next to his food, Wally sits on the floor and sees that she left him a knife and fork. Hearing footsteps, he looks up to see her walking back to him, holding a small red bowl. She kneels again and places the bowl next to the tray.

"Thank you, Shinobu." She look up at him and smiles, but he notices tears forming in her eyes.

"Don't be. It's my fault."

"What?!" Both Wally and Kuki shout, wondering why she had that.

"You see, your father told me that he knows how to use chopsticks. I just assumed that he taught you." Wally notices a tear coming down Shinobu's cheek as she goes on. "I explained to your father that it's all my fault, so don't worry about being in trouble tonight." After hearing that, he feels responsible for having a someone that he barely knows taking the blame for something he did wrong.

"Look Shinobu, I..."

"Oh. I almost forgot," she cuts him off again, placing something else on his tray. Wally looks down to see a spoon. "It for your miso soup. Traditionally, we only use the bowl, but if you not feel comfortable with that, go ahead and use the spoon." With a sad-looking smile, Shinobu gets off of her knees, quickly turning away from him with tear drops falling off her face and onto the ground before heading towards Kuki. "By the way, your mother said that you could eat with Wally to keep him company. Want me to get you your food?"

"Thanks, but I'll get it myself." Kuki replies.

"Alright then. I'll see you later. Bye." And with that, Shinobu leaves the room, heading back to the dining room to finish her dinner.

"Wally, I'm going down to get my food. I'll be back in a few." With a head nod, he watches Kuki leave the room.

All alone now, Wally thinks about what Shinobu just told him. He also can't help but think about this strange feeling he has towards her as he begins to eat his food.

End Of Chapter

One by one, large spotlights turn on, showing a stage with auburn drapes and a cream-colored background on hardwood floors. The scene remains like this for a few seconds before a boy, no more then twelve years of age, comes from the left side, walking to the middle of the stage.

The Boy: Hello and thank-you for reading the first chapter of this fic. I am ShinobuFan175 and incase you been wondering or haven't figured it out yet, I am name after Shinobu Maehara, my favorite female anime character. But since this is a Codename: Kids Next Door fic & I'm making myself twelve years old because in real life, I'm old enough to drink, just call me Numbuh 175. Anyway... (helooks down, realizing that he's wearing Wally's orange hooded sweater & Kuki's black pants)huh...I'll be right back.

In a flash, Numbuh 175 bolts off the stage, only to return a few seconds later wearing black baseball pants, a Kids Next Door baseball jersey and cap.

Numbuh 175: Okay. That's better. As I was about to say, I'm going to do something different that I have rarely done in any of my previous stories. First off, at the end of every chapter except the last one, I'm going add a little section called Omake Theater. If you're unfamiliar with anime or haven't seen this feature in an anime, it basically features a skit of certain characters doing something in some weird way after the end of an episode; just like Blue Seed. Keep in mind that Omake Theater is separate from the main story and isn't part of the storyline what so ever.

Numbuh 3: (skipping onto the stage) You're forgetting to mention how funny yours are.

Numbuh 175: Oh. Thanks for thinking that they're funny Ku...ki... (Notices that Kuki is wearing an orange hooded sweater and blue jeans as she skips to the other side of the stage) Uhhh...Kuki?

Numbuh 4: KUKI! (Runs onto stage wearing a green sweater and black pants) GIVE ME BACK MY CLOTHES! (Disappears to the other side of the stage)

Numbuh 175: Okay (Sweatdrops) Back to the business at hand. The second and last thing I'm going to do different is...

Kuki screams

Numbuh 3: GET OFF OF ME NUMBUH FOUR!

Numbuh 4: NOT UNTIL YOU GIVE ME BACK MY CLOTHES!

Numbuh 175: (Sweatdrops) Anyway, the second and last thing I'm going to do different is I'm going to ask for your help. What do I mean? Well, if you have ever read any of my previous stories, you may have notice that I always had someone to edit my stories. Since I know my grammar is bad & don't know anyone from this genre, I was wondering if you would like to be my editor? If you want to, please let me know by leaving a review or emailing me. It will be a big help for me & anyone who likes this story. (Begins to walk off the stage before stopping) Before I forget. If you're wondering what any of the Japanese words throughout this story means, don't ask me. The reason why is because I want you to learn it yourself. Sorry it this sounds mean, but I think it's better this way because you'll be learning the word until of someone telling you what it is.

Kuki screams...again

Numbuh 3: HEY! DON'T LIFT UP SWEATER!

Numbuh 4: YOU MEAN MY SWEATER!

Number 175: (Sweatdrops & blushes) I'm going to stop whatever Wally is doing, so enjoy Omake Theater. Walks off stage

Omake Theater: Dreams

"Are you sure we should be doing this Su?" Shinobu ask, carrying the television up the stairs with Su's help.

"Of course! I always wanted to experiment on Americans with my inventions."

"SU! They're not human guinea pigs!" Shinobu screams as the two young girls make their way to the top floor.

"Oh, don't worry. What I'm going to use is something I done before and won't hurt them."

"You will?" Su nods as the young girls set down the television in front of Kuki and Wally's room. "What are you going to use?"

"This!" Sticking out her arm, Su shows Shinobu she's holding a virtual reality headset.

"Hey! Isn't that..."

"Mr. Virtual? My invention that shows people's dream?"

"Huh...yeah."

"Sure is!" Su slides open the door.

"Are you going to use it on them?"

"Sure am. Why?"

"Don't you think it's wrong to do that?

"Why? You didn't mind when I did it to Keitaro." Shinobu sweatdrops.

"That was different!" She screams, blushing profusely before regaining her composure. "I mean, we barely know them."

"All the reason why we should do this." A dozen question marks appear above Shinobu's head.

"I don't get it."

"It's simple really. I get to test something on Americans and you get to know more about our American guests! Doesn't that sound reasonable?"

"It actually does."

With no more problems, the two young girls lift the television and carry it into the room. They set the television down next to Kuki and Wally, who are sleeping with a large enough gap to fit the two young girl in. After plugging in the television and turning it on to see a blank screen, Su puts Mr. Virtual on Kuki.

"Let's see what she's dreaming of." With a sinister smile, Su turns on Mr. Virtual and rushes back towards the television.

The image on the television starts out blurry, showing a bunch of bright colors. Soon, it settles down, showing Kuki singing and dancing with a whole bunch of colorful monkeys in a grassy area.

Rainbow monkeys, rainbow monkeys
Oh, so very round and super chunky

"What are rainbow monkeys?" Shinobu ask.

"Well, according to this," Su begins, looking at her laptop and dressed like Sherlock Holmes. "Rainbow monkeys are stuffed animals that are apparently popular among pre-teen girls in the U.S."

"Oh." Taking in the information, Shinobu looks back at the television. "You think we can stop? The song's getting a bit annoying."

"Sure." Back in her normal attire, Su shuts off Mr.Virtual before taking it off Kuki's head and putting it on Wally's head. "Let's see what he has." Turning Mr. Virtual on again, Su rushes back to the television.

Like what happen with Kuki, the image on the television is blurry. Fortunately, they're able to hear the audio crystal clear.

"Do you think you can beat me and my ninja army and save the princess?" The image become clear, seeing an old man with a long gray beard down to his chest, dressed like a samurai and holding a sword. Behind him are hundreds of ninja, either holding a weapon or bare fisted.

The image changes to Wally, who is all alone, wearing only shorts that resemble the American flag. Clutching his fist, he takes one step forward.

"Like crud I will!"

"Very well then," the old man says. "May you die with honor. Ninja army, ATTACK!"

Once the command is given, the ninjas swarm Wally at every angle. The ones in the middle begin to strike him with whatever they have while the ones in the back try to make their way to the middle.

It seems all is lost for Wally until the ninjas in the middle begin to fall backwards, causing the entire army to fall like a bunch of dominos. Wally hobbles a bit from the amount of energy he has released. Once he regains his balance, he sees two ninjas standing up. He runs towards them and does a spinning back kick to one of them, cutting the ninja in half at the abdomen. Stunned, the other ninja is paralyze as does a Wally sidekick, sending the ninja's upper body flying. Once Wally has his feet on the ground, he sees another ninja charging at him with a sword. Without hesitation, he runs at the ninja and punches the hand holding the sword, causing the ninja's arm to fly off. With a smile, Wally then gives the ninja an uppercut that sends the ninja's head sky high.

"Does he really think of himself that strong in a fight?" Su complains.

"Shhh. This is interesting," Shinobu says, making Su sweatdrop.

"Since when do you like bloodily gory action stuff?" Ignoring her question, Shinobu looks on with eagerness and enjoyment in her eyes, watching the last of the ninja army getting dismembered by Wally.

"You may have killed my army," the old man says, slowly walking towards Wally. "But you can never kill me!"

Suddenly, the old man starts throwing numerous ninja stars at Wally. In slow motion, Wally leans back in Matrix-style fashion as the ninja stars fly over him. Once the last ninja star passes him, he comes back standing up.

"Ha! Got you!" Still trying to get his balance, Wally watches as the old man throws another ninja star.

Without hesitation, he jumps straight in the air and catches the ninja star between his middle and index finger of his right hand. As he's falling down, he twists himself in the direction of the old man and with all his might, throws the ninja star at him, hitting the old man right between the eyes.

"Yay!" Shinobu whispers, silently clapping her hands, unaware that Su is staring at her with a horde of questions marks above her head.

They watch Wally rush over to the old man's body and grab something that's around his neck.

"The key," Wally says, snapping the chain as he pull. "Thanks for the gift."

With the key in hand, Wally makes his way towards the long flight of stairs, running as fast as he can up them. Once he reaches the top, he runs through a short hallway where he reaches a steel door.

"This must be where the princess is," Wally says. Once he takes out the key, he puts it in the keyhole and twist it. Hearing something click, he pushes the door outward. He looks ahead to see a girl with her back towards him, wearing what seems to be a wedding dress on a baloney looking at the sunset. "Princess?"

"Wally?"

"Did you say something Shinobu?" Su ask, turning towards her, who's looking at the television.

"No. Why?" She replies, never turning away from the television

"Well, I could have sworn I heard your voice." Su looks back at the television. "Come to think of it, that princess has the same hair color and length as you."

"What?" Shinobu carefully looks at the princess' hair, realizing that Su is right.

They wait patiently to see if it's really Shinobu since the princess' face isn't showing, watching Wally slowly make his way towards her. The princess turns around to see Wally, but her face is too blurry to make out anything.

"It is you?"

"Oh Wally!" With her arms out, Wally rushes towards the princess.

Both girls' hearts beat rapidly, anticipating what the princess looks like as Wally rushes towards her. With every step he takes, the blurriness on her face comes into focus. Just as he jumps into her arms and looks at her face, the screen on the television goes black.

"Huh?" Both Shinobu and Su cry out.

They both turn around and see the problem, having worry expressions across their face as Kuki strangles Wally.

"WHY ARE YOU DREAMING OF SHINOBU?!"

"What...are you...talking...about...?"

Second Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Love Hina, Sherlock Holmes & (just incase) the Matrix.

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