Here's the next oneshot. None of these are really connected, it's just a common theme. I'm sure you've already worked out the pairings.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Shakepeare or Ghost Hunt
The Taming of the Miko
Another day, another case. This one didn't look too hard, Ayako suspected that it was just some local kids pulling pranks, but you can never be too careful. At least that's what Naru had said when he sent her off to investigate the occurrences. With Houshou.
'Try not to be too much of a burden,' Ayako told the monk, glaring at him.
Houshou grinned at Ayako.
'Alas, good Kate, I will not burden thee,
For, knowing thee to be but young and light –'
Ayako frowned at him. She had immediately recognised the lines to be from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. So he thinks that I'm a shrew, does he? Well he's not the only one who knows the play.
'Too light for such a swain as you to catch,
And yet as heavy as my weight should be.'
Ayako smirked at him. Let's see him continue now.
''Should be'! Should – buzz!'
Damn, he knows the lines.
'Well tane, and like a buzzard.'
Houshou grinned at her again as he spoke his next lines.
'O slow-winged turtle, shall a buzzard take thee?'
'Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.'
Houshou spread his arms wide and spun around as he spoke he next lines, a wide grin on his face.
'Come, come, you wasp! I'faith you are too angry.'
Ayako frowned at his antics and shook her head.
'If I be waspish, best beware my sting.'
Houshou took a step towards Ayako. He folded his arms and looked down at her with a soft look in his eyes. His next line was spoken far more seriously than his previous one.
'My remedy is then to pluck it out.'
Ayako looked up at him, unable to determine the emotion in his eyes. What is he thinking? She spoke quietly.
'Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies.'
Lifting a hand, Houshou brushed a strand on hair out of Ayako's eyes.
'Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting?
In his tail.'
Ayako gave a sharp gasp as Houshou's hand softly brushed against her cheek. Whispering, she continued the lines.
'In his tongue.'
Houshou lowered his face to hers.
'Whose tongue?'
Ayako lifted her face to his, their lips only an inch apart.
'Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.'
Gripping her head between his hands gently, Houshou lowered his lips to Ayako's and murmured against them.
'What, with my tongue in your tail? Nay, come again.
Good Kate, I am a gentleman –'
And he pressed his lips firmly to hers. She yielded to him completely, falling into his embrace.
'What the –' Mai stumbled to a halt as she walked around the corner and right into the couple.
Ayako and Houshou broke apart immediately. Ayako turned and quickly walked away, a hand over her mouth, eyes averted. Houshou scratched the back of his head and glanced down at Mai rather sheepishly.
'Don't tell anyone?' Houshou asked Mai.
Mai smiled at him. 'Nope. Good luck.'
It turned out that it had just been some kids pulling pranks. The gang packed up the gear and headed back to the office. Ayako was rather quiet, and nobody asked her if she was alright. Something about the confused emotions she was giving off told them to back off.
After a few hours in the office, chatting about the case, one by one they left for home.
Ayako opened her front door and took off her coat, hanging it on the peg beside her. She went to turn away when she noticed something sticking out of the pocket.
'What's this?' she murmured to herself as she pulled the envelop out of the pocket.
Opening it, she pulled out two pieces of paper. Looking at the first she noticed that is was a ticket to the nearby amusement park that had opened recently. Unfolding the second paper, she read the line written on it.
Kiss me, Kate
Ayako stood there for a moment before making up her mind and walking over to her phone. Dialling in the number, the phone had hardly begun to ring when the person on the other end picked it up.
'Yes, my sweet Kate?'
So, what did you think? It seemed a little rushed to me. Should I keep doing this? If so, what other Shakespeare plays do you recommend?
Sorceress
