Chapter I- Preparations
"Hurry up, Yoh! Our guests should be here soon! Manta, cook faster! Ryu, clean faster!" Yes, Anna was again barking orders left and right. Manta's knife chopped potatoes faster than Jun Tao threw talismans. Ryu's pompadour drooped from the heat as he dusted items he already dusted. Anna growled as she went to see what was taking Yoh so long. As soon as the devil-woman was out of earshot, Ryu ran over to the kitchen.
"Manta, who exactly is coming that's so important?" Ryu asked; sweat dripping over his white and purple disco outfit.
"No idea." Manta replied, his cutting speed descending rapidly. "All I know is that they're coming here from Phere, wherever that is. . ."
"Are any...ladies. . . coming?" Ryu asked, a classic anime gleam in his eye.
"One, I think." Manta exclaimed, not really sure what was going on either.
"MANTA! RYU! NO STANDING AROUND! GET TO WORK!" Anna shrieked.
Yoh stepped out of his room, earphones on. Manta stared. Yoh was sort of dressed up. He wore a navy blue jacket over his white undershirt. He wore khakis instead of his regular baggy pants. But he kept his originality with his sandals and bear-talon necklace.
"Why are you guys working so hard? They're not coming for another hour." Yoh said.
"ARGHHHH!" Manta and Ryu groaned as they sat down.
"Yoh, why did you tell them that?! I had them working like slaves!" Anna argued, a microscopic smile emerging.
Amidamaru flew through the wall, eyes burning with the heat of another battle. "Yoh, there are bandits on the property!" Amidamaru said. "We must battle them to defend our home!
"Wait." Anna stepped in. "Amidamaru, what did these "bandits" look like?"
"Well," Amidamaru continued. "There are two men and one woman." At the word woman, Ryu, got that gleam in his eye again. "One of them is slightly taller than the others. He has blue hair gelled back. He also has the build of a warrior. He's clad in black armor and has an axe. The other male has wild red hair. He has a blue cloak and a rapier in his sheath. The female has long green hair. She seems to be in a tribal outfit and has a sword with her." At this description, Ryu leaped in the air.
"What a fox! She is the woman of my dreams! I must meet her right away!" Ryu shouted with joy. "Wait," Anna said, slight panic in her voice. "That means that they're. . . ." There was a knock at the door. "Early."
"Hurry up, Yoh! Our guests should be here soon! Manta, cook faster! Ryu, clean faster!" Yes, Anna was again barking orders left and right. Manta's knife chopped potatoes faster than Jun Tao threw talismans. Ryu's pompadour drooped from the heat as he dusted items he already dusted. Anna growled as she went to see what was taking Yoh so long. As soon as the devil-woman was out of earshot, Ryu ran over to the kitchen.
"Manta, who exactly is coming that's so important?" Ryu asked; sweat dripping over his white and purple disco outfit.
"No idea." Manta replied, his cutting speed descending rapidly. "All I know is that they're coming here from Phere, wherever that is. . ."
"Are any...ladies. . . coming?" Ryu asked, a classic anime gleam in his eye.
"One, I think." Manta exclaimed, not really sure what was going on either.
"MANTA! RYU! NO STANDING AROUND! GET TO WORK!" Anna shrieked.
Yoh stepped out of his room, earphones on. Manta stared. Yoh was sort of dressed up. He wore a navy blue jacket over his white undershirt. He wore khakis instead of his regular baggy pants. But he kept his originality with his sandals and bear-talon necklace.
"Why are you guys working so hard? They're not coming for another hour." Yoh said.
"ARGHHHH!" Manta and Ryu groaned as they sat down.
"Yoh, why did you tell them that?! I had them working like slaves!" Anna argued, a microscopic smile emerging.
Amidamaru flew through the wall, eyes burning with the heat of another battle. "Yoh, there are bandits on the property!" Amidamaru said. "We must battle them to defend our home!
"Wait." Anna stepped in. "Amidamaru, what did these "bandits" look like?"
"Well," Amidamaru continued. "There are two men and one woman." At the word woman, Ryu, got that gleam in his eye again. "One of them is slightly taller than the others. He has blue hair gelled back. He also has the build of a warrior. He's clad in black armor and has an axe. The other male has wild red hair. He has a blue cloak and a rapier in his sheath. The female has long green hair. She seems to be in a tribal outfit and has a sword with her." At this description, Ryu leaped in the air.
"What a fox! She is the woman of my dreams! I must meet her right away!" Ryu shouted with joy. "Wait," Anna said, slight panic in her voice. "That means that they're. . . ." There was a knock at the door. "Early."