"Wahhhh!" Azami screamed digging her head into Aiko. "I don't want to dieeeee!"
"Damn it!" Aiko hissed looking at the demonds" Azami, let go." She tried to push Azami of as she reached for her gun.
"But I'm scared!!!!!!" She wailed hugging tighter.
"GET OFF OF ME YOU LITTLE PEST!" the older screamed knocking her to the floor and took aim shooting one of the vanities in the wing causing it to fall to the ground.
"They don't look like demons...." Holly commented looking at the vanities and falcons as she remembered the demond Pixie they fought before looked like a demon, these looked just like regular monsters.
"That's because the curse did not take full effect of them yet. Right now is the easiest time to kill them." Blue Thunder answered dogging an attack and slicing the head of the falcon neatly with his sword.
"Wah!! This is going to leave a bruise, you little slut!!" The Vanity Aiko had shot hissed barring it's teeth at her.
Aiko pulled the trigger shooting the fallen vanity in the chest. "If these one thing I can't stand it's monsters who only care about there looks."
"There to much of them to fight!!" Azami cried staring at the 15 remaining baddies.
"Lightning!!" White Hound exclaimed as he leept into the room attacking three of the monsters, knocking them to the ground turning them into lost disks.
"Cold Bullet!" Tiger exclaimed as he shot a vanity down, who trembled as she tried to get back up. "Forgive me...I...." She said cowardly. "Attack them!" She pointed to the other Vanities. A gun shot is heard and the Vanity fell dead.
"Another thing I can't stand is cowardly backstabers." Aiko commented blowing the smoke away from the gun.
"Die Humans!" A falcon shouted as he dove towards Holy, Anna-may and Azami.
"Not a chance!" genki shouted from a higher level of the room he jumped with his sword bared hitting the falcon with it threw it's back, which turned into a lost desk. To everyone from the monster worlds surprise Genki stayed levitating in the air.
"What the----How he doing that!?" Suezo exclaimed staring up at him.
"Genki still has the power of the Phoenix, but it's still no use against Moo or the higher demonds. Right now Genki's full power is the same as the Moo you fought in your world." White Hound told them coldly.
His friends gasp.
"You got to be kidding." Hare muttered shaking his head in disbelief.
"Die!!" A demon-like Vanity shouted knocking him out of the sky. He crashed to the floor with a cry of pain.
"GENKI!!" Holly and Anna-May scream.
"Oh now lady you made me Angry!!" Ann-may growled. "Razor Fan!" She shouted, two golden vans appear in her hands out of no where and she throws them at the Vanity. They twirled threw the air like golden boomerangs, one cutting the wing off and the other cutting the leg, the pixie fell to the ground.
"See, It doesn't do to be on the side of evil now does it?" AM asked panting tiredly as she touched the fans they disappeared.
"Moo...will...not..be..defeated...by..you." The Vanity began to shake than died.
"Let's get out of hear!" A falcon shouted and him and the remaning Baddies began to flea, Genki uttered a low growl glowing a pale red "Fire wave!" A wave a fire shot out of his hands and engulfed the baddies who whimpered as they where mercilessly burned. Holy covering her mouth and nose with her hands and the stink of roasting flesh filled her nostrils. She looked away from the burnt bodies with teary eyes 'how horrible.'
"Oh, Genki!" Anna-May whimpered throwing her arms around him. "I was sooo scared! You where so brave!! Are you hurt, hear let me kiss it all better!" She planted a soft kiss on his lips which Holy watched hurt as he returned it.
"Annie, I'm all right, you where pretty brave yourself. You all where." he smiled at all his friends warmly.
"We should get down to the basement, Incase more of them come." White Hound suggested. It was not a request, more of an order.
"Yeah, it would not do well, if we where to go back into battle worn out." BT agreed tucking away his crimson stained sword.
"But how did they find us?" Aiko asked silently as she stared up at the midnight sky.
Halo gasped looking up as the secret door to the basement opened. She griped her staff tightly in her hand but let it drop with a sigh of relief as Genki and the others walk in.
"Thank the Queen of Heaven that your all right!" She exclaimed happily.
"Halo, we have serious trouble, they know where we are now." Genki informed her and everyone watched as the grin faded from her face and was replaced with a look of shear horror. "No it....they can't. How.......?"
"There must be a traitor among us." Aiko stated eyeing the other curiosity.
"Hey come on, no one hear is a traitor! You can't just go around accusing freinds about things like that!" Genki exclaimed firmly. Aiko looked at him disgusted.
"Well, For all we know you could be slipping Butch information! He was going to be you brother in law you know!" She snapped.
Genki turned away from her clenching his fist in anger.
"Aiko!" Anna-May scolded, wrapping her arms around Genki. "How can you be so thoughtless, don't you know how hurt Genki is about Yoko's death? That was the last thing he needed to be remined of!"
"You mean, his sister was engaged to Butch?" Holy whispered to BT. The young man frowned and nodded.
"But than....How could somebody kill someone they love?"
"Jealously can make even the kindness person become a devil."
"It reminds me of what happened to my father."
"Aiko." Azami hissed looking at her sister with her hands on her hips. "That was mean, no one hear is a traitor."
"Do I look like I need advice from a rug rat like you?" Aiko glared at the younger.
"Ahem, Aiko." BT cleared his throught giving her a look. She blushed looking at her feet.
"Fine, I'm sorry."
"Hmm," Genki grunted in reply as he sat down onto the cold wet floor. "It doesn't matter, even thought I hardly think anyone of us is a traitor we need to figure out how they found us."
The others sat around him all lost in thought.
"Genki, could it had been Lilim?" White hound asked looking up at the boy slowly who drew his breath in sharply.
"Yes. I'm shure of it. She commands all the Pixie type breeds, and so far it had been all Pixie demonds that have been attacking......"
"So are mission is clear, we must defeat Lilim." BT said undoing his sword from his belt "I'm ready for battle any time!"
"We need more training before we can take on one of the Soul Takers!!" Anna-May exclaimed looking at him threw wide eyes.
"Who are the soul takers." Hare asked curiosity.
"Are they anything like the big bad four?" Tiger questioned.
"If, they are we can take care of them." Suzo gloated.
"No."White Hound hissed harshly at them. " The big bad four is child's play compared to this. Lilim is the weakess of the Soul takers and she is still stronger than all of us put together. The soul takers 6, are a group of baddies created by the power of darkness itself. They steal the souls of the monsters and people they kill and use them to make themselves even stronger, and gain control of there bodies turning them into mindless zombies." White Hound eyed Tiger up and down than smirked. "Lilim is a strong monster, her and all her Pixie friends there have the Ability to feed on the life source of males. She's dangeous. You better sit this one out."
"Just what are you applying!" Tiger snapped angrily.
"I'm saying that you don't have a chance."
"You!"
"Why not we take this outside, hmmm?"
"That's fine with me." Tiger growled.
"Hey!" Genki shouted at the two Tigers. "Cut that out! Were not going to fight each other!"
"Yeah, Genki's right. We have more important things to worry about than you two ripping each others thoughts out." Holy agreed.
"Fine. He's not worth it anyway." White Hound muttered turning away from Tiger coolly.
Tiger growled angrily before turning away from him.
" That brings up a problem. If they freed off of men, what about BT and Genki?And you know those, certain pixie hobby with seducing men." Halo finished kind of oddly.
"Well, if they weren't so evil, I really wouldn't mind one of those cute Pixie's seducing me." BT whispered to Genki nudging him playfully. "Would you?"
Genki laughed a nevouse sounding laugh "BT, quite you want Anna to kill me."
"Maybe we can fool them" Dr.Wilo suggested.
"Fool them?"Bt repeated
"Just what do you have in mind?" Genki asked.
"There all done!" Halo laughed with Dr.Wilo as they studied BT and Genki from all sides.
"We had to ask." Genki whimpered.
"I think I'm dying from embrazement!" BT wailed tears began streaming down bofe of there cheeks.
"Oh, come on, let your friends see you!" Halo laughed giving them a shove into a clearing where all there friends stood.All males began to laugh while the females stand there with huge swetdrops.
"Oh My God!" Gasped Aiko.
"Oh, I think I'm going to have nightmares!" Azami gaped.
"This is.....I refuse to believe this!!" Anna-May cried.
"I never would of.....oh dear god." Whimpered Holy.
They were all staring at Genki and BT.....in drag.
"And hear we have the ever so lovely, Betty." Halo giggled flying just above them with a microphone in her hand, the other hand was waving towards BT.
"She is wearing a lovely short blue mini dress, completed with zip over white vest, and a overly stuffed wonder bra." BT flushed red at the last comment. "For her hair we have a lovely curly red wig, and her beautiful make up is blue eye shadow, nail polish, and some lovely mascara."
"Somebody shoot me." BT muttered bowing his head shamefully.
"And next we have Genkai, who is wearing a lovely pair of pink shorts and a light pink peasant top completed with a beautiful pink wig! And pink lip stick, outliner, eye shadow, nail polish, and also a overly stuffed bra."
"Why did I get stuck with all the pink?" Genki said also bowed in shame.
"Because you look so good in the coular." Dr.Wilo smiled sleazy.
Halo flew over to the girls. "You know I always wanted to be an announcer for a fanishon show. I guess this is good experience, eh?" She laughed, finally causing all the girls to laugh to.
"Genki, you look so funny!" Holly giggled looking at the cross dressed Genki. Genki at her and grinned.
"Well I did always like to make you smile."
"Yeah." Holy smiled at him warmly.
Anna-May glanced at Holly and Genki looking at each other and bit her thoung. 'damn, I hope this is not what I think. Does he still have feelings for her? Hmmm, I'll have to find some way to stop this before they get to close.'
"Hey, BT!" Azami laughed hopping up to him. "Do you really think This will fool Lilim?"
"Better question." Aiko smirked and pointed to there feet "Do you think you'll even be able to walk in those high heels?"
"Of corse we can, right Genki?" BT boasted.
"Yeah."
"See!" BT took one step forward and fell onto his face.
"No, BT you have to go Heal,Toe." Genki walking in a circle around him.
"Well, we see, that BT needs practice, but Genki's doing fine." Hare obsevered.
"Now why does that make me feel kind of worried." Suzo looked at Genki stangely.
"Just what kind of Hobbies to you have genki!" Tiger exclaimed looking at the boy in shock.
"Er.....um....ah..."
"Talk about damned if do, or damned if you can't." BT muttered setting up.
"What are you all doing down hear?" Durahan asked in a mean voice as he came down the stares to the secret passageway. He stopped when he seen Genki and BT.
"Ever mind I don't want to know, I don't want to know."
"It's not what you think!!" Wailed the two boys.
"Durahan!" Breathed Halo with a shy smile on her face. "They are going up against Lilim, could you train them all, those two while wearing those clothes. You know as well as I that Lilim and her clan feeds on the life force of men."
"My pleasure. Who is going?"
"Well me and BT." Genki stated the obvious.
"I'm." White hound volunteered.
"So am I." Tiger glared at the other competitively.
"I'm Not going to be left out of this one!" Aiko laughed.
" I'll go." Holly whispered.
"Wha--- Holly, but it's very dangerous!" Genki protested in shock.
"Hey, Genki, I didn't come all the way hear just to stay where it's safe."
"Well, I'll go to then! Me and Holly-chan can come up with a diversion or something." Anna-May smiled mostly at the thought of stopping Holly and Genki from being alone together.
"Hmmmm, well all right. But as soon as there is trouble I want you two to come back hear, OK?"
"Sure thing."
Holly frowned at Anna, her looked back at her and smiled. It was not a friendly smile.
"So, Golem." Anna-may looked up at him. "Don't you think the flower garden is beautiful?"
"Very pretty."
" Yes, It's very pretty chee! Did you plant all these flowers yourself."
"No, A friend of mine, named Daisy helped me. She was a serenity. But she is now part of Lilim's army."
"It's sinful..." Holly sighed staring at a pink rose with teary eyes.
Flashback
She was setting by a pawn, sighing, as she socked her bandaged foot in the cold water.
"I must be a real pain, I'm slowing everyone down." she said to her reflection.
"That's not true." Genki popped up from behind, causing her to jump.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Holly, I know something's wrong what is it?" He sat down beside her looking at her threw his brown eyes. It was the first time the Holly ever really noticed just how clear they were. How free of hate, vengeance, sorrow, jealously, they were. They did not appear to be happy, courageous, heroic, or brave either, even thought he was all those things. All what his eyes showed was warmth and kindness.
"Genki...I.....well you see Moo........" She trailed off uncertain if she should tell him.
"I know Holly." He said surprising her. "I know who he is. It's not your father's fault, that Moo took over him."
"I know but....my father, he should have.....it's all his fault!"
Holly whimpered biting her lip to keep from crying.
"Holly, if somebody were to kick a rock from the cliff over head, and it were to land and break your toe would it be the rocks fault?"
"What?"
"Or this rose." Genki held a pink rose out to her. "If it's torns were to prick you, would the rose be evil?"
"No, it can't help what it does." Realistion stuck her as she turned and looked at Genki threw teary eyes.
"Holly, it's all right to cry. I like to make you smile, and you'll never smile if you don't let all your feelings out. Those tears will forever haunt you."
She stop fighting back her tears and clasped in his arms sobbing on his shoulder while her comforted her all threw the night.
end flash back
Holy glanced at Anna-May who was laughing with Golem and Mocchi.
'had Genki ever comforted her, does he love her? or maybe I should be asking myself if he ever loved me."
Genki somersaulted dodging a blow from Durahan's sword. He grabbed his sword, pushing himself from the wall at Durhan, sticking him in the arm. With the arm that was left undamaged Durahan grabbed Genki by the wrist throwing him to the ground.
"Genki!" His monster pals uttered in shock as Durahan continued to bend his wrist back.
Azami who had been watching, whimpered covering her eyes.
"Say mercy, you brat."
"Never." Groaned Genki as Durahan continued to bend his wrist until they heard a snap and a short cry of pain. As Genki grabbed his broken wrist Durahan sent a kick to his stomach sending him against a wall. He laid there breathing heavily with what looked like a broken spine!
"You killed him!!" Hare exclaimed eyes wide with shock.
"No, he didn't." Halo smiled a small smile as she approached the fallen warrior knelling beside him, she outstretched her hands healing his wounds the same way she had healed tigers.
Genki sat up shaking his head dizzily.
"If your going to be fighting Lilim you better train some more." Durahan spoke coldly.
"Hai." Genki nodded climbing to his feet. "I'm getting clumsy."
"He's not serious, his not going to fight against the monster again." Hare bite his lower lip looking sort of sick.
"Just watching that made me hurt!" Suzo said.
"Genki, never was the type to give up, was he?" Aiko shock her head as she watched the young boy get thrown against the wall.
"You said it." BT grinned at the sound of another broken bone.
"LIGHTING!" Tiger roared attacking White Hound who dodge, leaping forward he pounced knocking Tiger to the floor.
"Grrr, Cold bullet!" White hound was knocked off.
"Good, shot, now try, BLIZZARD!!" Tiger hit up against a nearby wall.
"Your pretty good." White hound commented standing over the other with a look of victory.
"Hmph, your not bad yourself, but your forgetting something."
"Oh and what's that?"
"Never show mercy to your enemy even when there down. LIGHTNING!!"
White Hound yelped in surprise and fell to the floor.
"That's enough training for know, ok guys." Genki looking pretty bruised up approached them.
"Fine." Tiger glared at White Hound who was getting back on his feet.
"Yeah, you should get some rest Genki, you looked beat up, you don't want to go into battle looking ragged out."
"Ha! Yeah your right, I think I'll look beat up enough after fighting Lilim." he laughed funning a hand threw his spiky hair. It was funny how much he changed yet stayed the same. He was taller now, allot more mussels, very long spiked bangs the rest of his hair tied back in a lose pony tail. But of all things that changed the most was his eyes, they were still clear and soft, warm, kind but they know held a tint of darkness.
Holly yawned tiredly, as she fell back in a small bed. It wasn't that comfortable but it beat sleeping on the floor. She glanced to her side at the four other beds to her side. They belonged to Halo, Anna-May, Aiko and Azami.
Halo was sleeping soundly along with Azami. Holly smiled as she watched them. Anna-May and Aiko, they were not in there beds right now. Holly glanced at the time on a clock next to the bed.
11:05
were could they be?
"Ohh." Azami moaned tiredly as she sat up in bed rubbing her eyes sleepily. "I...have to go to the bathroom. Hello Miss.Holly, are you going to bed? Have a nice sleep."
Azami smiled dashing out of the room.
"yeah thanks, you to." Holly smiled waving to the child.
'I better not get caught.' the girl thought looking around the hall for any others.
'the only one's up at this hour are Genki and that halfling. There probably still training with Durahan, but I don't know about those monsters, it wont do if they catch me." The girl tip toed down the hall until she got to a room. She peeked in watching Dr.Wilo and the monsters sleeping.
"Hmmmph, there no danger. OK now it's time to go see master Butch." The girl disappeared.
She reappeared in the desoryed laboratory.
"Master Butch." She bowed to a figure who stood in the darkness surrounded by candles.
"You, what are your reports on the boy and his comrades." he spoke harshly.
"Genki's friends from the monster world is us know. But they are week, no need to worry about them."
"You cannot judge the quality of the iron until it has been tested in the fire. Tomorrow we shall see. Make shure they make it to Lilim, if they can defeat her than don't kill them, if they can't let my demonds tear them limb from limb. But under no circumstance must you let the neither the halfling or the boy be hurt. If I turned them to my side, with there powers I'll be unstoppable. You are dismissed."
"Yes, my lord." The girl bowed her head and vanished.
"Hmmm, Soon, everything will fall into place."
"Well that was a work out! Huh Genki?" Bt asked wiping the swet from of his face.
"Yeah, it was something all right." He anwsered as he pulled of his shirt.
"So bro, what do you think of Anna-May? You know the babe has it all out for you."
Genki sighed taking a drink of water from a nearby water bottle. "Ya I know, she's sweet and all, and I guess I do love her, but....I don't know...."
"Think about Holy?" Bt raised an eyebrow at him.
"Wha---?"
"Hey man, it's obvious you like her, you certainly have away of picking women, she is a cute little thing."
"................................"
"Oh, don't be so shy, but really who do you love most Anna, of Holly?" Bt pressed.
"I...I...don't know...I guess I love them botj......"
BT sighed shaking his head "If you don't start cooking soon then get the hell out of the kitchen. If you don't act soon you'll lose them both."
"I know but......"
"HI GENKI!!" Anna-May squealed as she walked towards them, with a wide grin on her face.
"My, didn't we do lots of traning tonight. You look so cute with out your shirt on." She wrapped her arms around him giving him a peck on the cheek.
"Anna, what are you doing up at this hour?"
"Oh, I couldn't sleep well, I'm so nevouse about those demons coming back. Can I sleep with you tonight?" She batted her eye lashes at him looking at him threw her huge hopeful golden eyes.
"Meowww."
"BT quite that." Blushing genki hissed at his friend who grinned back. "Er...Anna-may don't you...er....um..."
"Oh, you men all think alike, were only going to sleep in the same bed together, nothing more than that. I know I can trust you not to take advantage of me."
"Heh, heh.....shure....." Genki said nervously.
"Oh goodie I hate being alone!!" She giggled hugging him.
"HEY!!" Azami giggle sounded threw the hall as she ran up towards them. "BT, hi!"
"Azami, what are you doing up?" he asked smiling warmly.
"I wanted to see you, did Durahan hurt you?"
"Ah, no."
"Then why do you have all those bandages?"
BT swet drops in embarrassment.
"Hey, uh, Azami have you seen Aiko anywhere. She left in such a hurry she forgot her gun." BT changed the subject.
"No, she wasn't in bed when I got up."
"Hmmm, that's odd."
"Perhaps, she just went to get something to eat, speaking of food, I'm starving! Lets get something to eat." Genki rubbed his empty stomach
"Shure!! I can go for that!" Anna-May giggled clutching Genki's arm.
"Shure, OK, I can't remember last time I ate!" BT grinned.
"Oh, can I come?"
"Shure Azami."
BT looked over at Anna-May and Genki who were already leaving the room, and let himself be pulled out by Azami.
I wonder if it's the right choice to go after lilim, are we strong enough yet. If it were just me who was going than I wouldn't be so afraid right now, but If Genki, Anna, White-hound, the others from the monster world or Aiko were to get hurt.........I couldn't live with myself, expeshly if Aiko were to get hurt.
He grunted out of suprize and a little pain when he felt himself walk into something. The thing had also grunted falling back a few steps.
"Aiko? I'm sorry I didn't see you. Where did you pop up from? You weren't in bed, I was worried."
" I was just........visiting someone." She chewed on the bottom of her lip nervously tucking a strain of lose blue hair behind her ear.
"Oh? Who?" BT asked curiosity.
"None of your business." She turned to Azami studying her with her with her hawk like face.
"Aza, go bed." She said bitterly grabbing the her sisters hand, she began to drag her down the hall.
"Ouch, your hurting me!! BT, I'll see you tomorrow."
Who could she have been visiting...no one unless.....BT's eyes widened with realization unless she was visiting.....him.
"Everyone, were are you!? Suezo? Hare? Tiger!? Genki.....?" Holly called out in the darkness which engulfed her, she tried to walk forward but was frozen in the air and was forced to float as she watched as pictures fill her eyes appearing out of the shadows as terrible nightmares.
The first was Aiko laying bloody and torn on the ground. Bones twisted, her spin broke. Holly turned away scared, and trembling. She did not want to turn back, did not want to see, but after awhile she felt compelled, and turned around again.
Ann-may was laying on the ground trembling, blood running dripping out from the side of her mouth. A sword implied through her belly. Holly twisted around running face to face with the bodies of her friends all dead.
"Oh no!No!" She whimpered turning away one final time and screamed as she saw Genki laying there in a pool of blood.
"Hmmmm, so Genki, what do you think of my nightdress." Anna-May asked as she approached him, wearing a rather skimpy red nightdress.
He blushed turning his eyes away. "It's very nice..."
"Oh, come on Genki look at me." Anna-May leaned over turning his head towards her.
"......................"
"Oh, come on Genki. We are adults, we can.........play."
"....Er......uh......"
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
"What the....?" Anna-May gasped startled looking down the hall from where the scream sounded.
"Holly!" Genki gasped jumping out of bed leaving Anna-May setting there stunned than she growled "Damn! I was so close!"
"I thought you didn't want to be taken advantage of." BT said teasingly threw the shadows.
Anna-may looked up in surprise blushing furiously. "What are you doing here!?"
"Me and Genki share a bedroom remember?"
"Oh yeah!" Anna-May laughed putting a hand behind her head "You almost had a free show BT!"
BT sweatdrops.
"Wha---?" Aiko muttered as she was rudely awoken. She glared at Holy angrily "What's your problem?" Her angry face softened as she saw the terrified expression on her face.
"What's wrong?" Aiko asked sounding concerned for once, she crawled over to Holly's bed, gently holding her shoulders trying to get her to stop shaking.
"Aiko, what's going on?" Azami yawned sleepily, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
"Holly? What the---? What's wrong?" Halo asked surprised and ran over to Holly's bed side along with Azami.
"I don't know she just woke up screaming." Aiko admitted.
"She appears to be in shock. Holly? Holy!!" Halo shook her but Holly still just sat there with a frightened look on her face.
"Holy!!" Genki shouted as he ran into the room. The girls moved away from her as Genki leaned over he bed side to grab her shoulders."Holy snap out of it!"
Holy awoke from her trance startled, her eyes wavered as she saw Genki in front of her. In a swift movement she threw her arms around him a began to cry as BT and Anna-May showed up.
"Oh Genki I dreamt that you, and everyone was dead! It was so horrible...."
"Shh." Genki hushed, brushing her soft brown hair back with his hand. "It's all right Holly, it's all right. Just let your tears out, everything will be OK."
' Oh, I really don't like how this is going , That Holly she's getting to close to my Genki. She was hear for only a day and she's already got her arms all around him, I have to break them apart somehow, but I really don't want to hurt Genki's feelings..... Look, relax, this Holly girl, will be going back home soon, than Genki will be left all to me, but what If he gives his love to Holly? if he gives her that, he'll never be fully mine. I have to do something.' Anna-May thought bitterly as she glared at the them.'Well, at least I'll have him for myself, after we go back to bed'. She smiled evilly.
'This really isn't what I had in mind." Anna growled pulling what ever little blanket she received to her chest, her back turned to Genki who slept beside her, and Holly who slept beside him. "You think, she would able to fall back to sleep in her own bed."
SNORE
Anna-May swet drops. [Great, I get to sleep in the same room with three others who snores. Maybe I should have slept in my own bed, no baddie would be worse than this!]
The next morning
"Wow! I had wonderful sleep what about you Holly?" Genki smiled at Holly who was just waking up.
"Yeah, I didn't have any more nightmares." She returned the smile than frowned. "I'm sorry If I crowed you and Anna-May, I just was too scared......"
"It's OK." Genki reassured. "Anna was here for the same reason."
"Yeah." Anna-May sat up, her looks made Holly and Genki draw back frightened. There were dark circles under her eyes and her hair was a mess.
"Anna? Are you all right? You look like you haven't slept a wink!"
"Oh? What{yawn} makes you think that Genki-Chan?" She blinked sleepily yawning once more. "I just need to{Yawn.}" She falls on the bed, quickly going back to sleep. Genki and Holy exchange dumbfounded looks.
"Aiko, look I need to speak with you." BT growled grabbing Aiko by her hand.
"What!?" She hissed angrily.
He had been trying to ask her about last night all he could but she refused to answer him.
"Tell me, were you visiting him?"
Aiko looked at him hurt in her eyes. "How did you know?"
"Aiko, I know you better than you think, I love you." Bt put his hands around her shoulders.
"I know you care about him."
"Well, he is my father." Aiko said softly" But I don't give flying f**k about!" She flushed with Anger.
"Aiko, Your father is laying there dying just in the room right across from us, show some compassion. You know you don't mean that, he is you father. And if you hate him so much, why did you even vist him?"
"To wish him a fast death." She grumbled.
"Don't lie." Bt scolded.
"I'm not! I hate the jerk I hate him!!"
In the room across from them, where many monsters and humans laid dying, a single tear fell down the check of an old man.
"Hey, what's going on?" Azami asked as she walked up to them.
"Nothing." Aiko turned away bitterly.
"We...er....We were just having a little argument, it's nothing Aza." Bt patted her head forcing a smile.
"Oh, I don't like fights. Please make-up soon." Azami frowned walking away from them. Bt turned to Aiko once he was positive Azami was out of ear shot.
"Aiko, shouldn't Azami have the right to know that her father is hear? That he's still alive, at least for a little while longer? She should at least be able to say goodbye."
"NO!!" Aiko hissed turning to face him suddenly, rage filling her eyes. "He's not her father! And even if he was, I would not let Aza around him! He hated him, he abused me, her, my mother! A man like that shouldn't be allowed to even breath!"
"Aiko......."
"Look, I don't want to talk about, OK?" Aiko turned and began to slowly walk away.
"Aiko, I wish I could help you." He whispered watching her as she left. "Don't feel, bad you tried your best, It's her choice, all you can do is be there for her." He turned around surprised but than relaxed as he saw Hare.
"Thanks, I just wish there was more I could do."
"Genki." Holly laughed as he took her by the hand, telling her to keep her eyes shut. "Where are we going?"
"You'll see, just keep your eyes closed."
Even though Holly couldn't see she could sense him smiling and smiled at him in return. She let him lead her up some old stairs, she could tell that they were old by the way they squeaked under there weight. Holly could feel wind on her face and the warm glow of the sun when Genki stopped and told her to open her eyes.
As she did she gasped in both surprise and delight.
"Oh Genki! This is beautiful!" They were outside, standing on beautiful green grass, the sky was clear blue and the clouds washed over it like cream on coffee. Roses more beautiful than the one's in Anna-May's garden could ever be, surrounded them.
"It's the only place where the depression of Moo does not hang over. It did not change at all since the war started, It just stayed beautiful, like as if the hand of god is protecting it from harm." Genki told her in a quiet yet pleasant sounding voice.
Holly smiled " How did you find this place Genki?"
"I don't know, I guess it was fate, just like I was fated to meet you." He turned to her with a warm smile on his face. Holly blushed looking down, than slowly back into his eyes.
"At first, when I unlocked your desk and found you I was disappointed that it was not the Phoenix." She grinned. "Or so I thought, but afterward, I felt in my heart, that if I had a choice between unlocking you or the "Phoenix" I would still have chosen you that day."
"Holly I......."
"Hey Holly!" A voice startled them, causing them to look away from each other, at the intruder . "Suezo? Oh, Hi?" Holly said still blushing.
Suezo looked from Genki to Holly and gave to a sly look "I thought I'd fine You to together."
They both blush crimson looking turning slightly away from each other.
"Oh, soooooooo shy." Suezo teased. "The others told me to get you to, there going to be reviewing the plans of attack on Lilim. Holly are you sure you want to go?" He asked in a smaller almost pleading voice.
"Of corse I'm Suezo." Holly replied shortly forcing a smile at the thought of battle and Anna-May.
Genki stood there for a moment watching her leave.
"Hey Genki! Come on!" Suezo hollered at him.
"Oh yeah, I'm coming."
I love her, what I feel for her.....do I really feel the same way for Anna-May?]
"Hey, There you guys are!" BT exclaimed with a goofy grin on his face as they came into the room.
"What took you so long?" Aiko demand.
"Oh, we were just talking." Genki awnsered simply blushing a little.
Anna-May looked at him with a hurt expression on her face, her eyes tearing. No one else seemed to notice the happiness fade from her face except for Holly.
Holly suddenly felt really guilty. She knew Anna-May was not very smart, and could be ofuly competitive at times, but she did try to be her friend didn't she? Or was it all an act to keep her away from Genki? Still she really did not seem like a bad person, and Holy felt bad. Even though Anna was mean to her at times, it was probably just because she did not want her to take Genki away, could she honestly say she wouldn't try the same if She was Anna and Anna was her? ' I love Genki.......But is it fair for me to hurt others just to get what a want?'
"All right, people we got the plans ready, listen up. Anna-May, Holly." Durahan said in a low gruffy voice.
The mentioned snapped there heads up at the mention of their names. " You both will go there pretending to want to join them. While Genki, BT and the other monsters will sneak in threw this air vent. This will be a dangerous mission, you shure your up for it?" The monster studied them with sharply.
"I'm in." Tiger said.
"Me too!" White hound barked competivly glaring at Tiger.
"Hell, I laugh in the face of danger! You don't need to worry about me. As if you would anyway." Aiko finished off her sentence in a whisper.
"You can count on me and Genki!" BT threw an arm around Genki shoulder and began to laugh boasting about how strong they were while Genki just stood there with a huge sweatdrop on his head.
"Well! You can count on us Girls, Hmmm Holly-chan! " Anna-May giggled throwing her arms around Holly in a friendly gesture. Holly grimace at the girls forced smile.
"Hey!" Halo came into a room with a sly smile on her face.
"Halo? What are you doing here?" Asked Durahan.
"I was just wondering , If ya'll were ready?"
"Yes we are." The group answered.
"No. Genki, BT aren't you forgetting something?" Angel looked at them surprised, looking as if they forgot something really important.
"What?"
"These!!" Halo suddenly laughed evilly and threw her hands that were behind her back forward holding the most horrible site Genki and BT ever saw. The clothes, the drag clothes.
"You weren't serious when you said to, dress up like a girl, were you!?!?!?" They screamed while everyone else just sweated.
"Nah, Come on, get dressed." Halo scolded tossing them the bundle of clothing and pushed them out of the room.
"Hey Holy! We should get changed to! If were going to play the role of some stupid ditz, heheh!" Anna-May giggled smiling widely.
Holy sweatdrops.
"There wont be much acting on your part." Aiko grumbled sourly.
"Hey! What do ya mean!?" Anna-May growled angrily.
"I'm saying, that your a useless ditz, who is always boy crazy, and has no sense of responsiblity or IQ. You rather spend your day thinking up ways to get Genki to make out with you, instead of more important things."
"YOU!!! YOU!!! YOU!!!!!" Anna-May began to roar at the top of her lungs an bluish aura surrounded her as she powered up causing everyone to take a step back in fear. All of a sudden the aura disappeared
"Oh, yeah, you right, Hahahah, except for that Useless and no IQ remark." She laughed with a dizy smile on her face while everyone stares at her with the biggest Anime sweat drops possible.
"Oh really? You have an IQ Anna-Chan?" Aiko asked with fake sweetness. "What's 23 + 0 ?"
"Oh that's easy!! What you think I'm stupid?" Anna rolled her eyes "It's 230!"
Everyone falls over.
"So, Holly-Chan." Anna-May smiled . " You know, If were going to make you look like a idiot girl, looking to join "the dark side." we really got to fix you up."
'Oh?"Holly let Anna-May set her down on a chair.
"Don't worry! I'm a fashion expert!" Anna exclaimed proudly tapping her chest. "OK lets see." She took Holly's hair out of the pony tail, letting the brown waves spill down the others back. As Anna-May began to brush her hair she began to talk.
"Holly, what do you feel about Genki? What were you talking about this morning?"
Holly blushed. 'Um...Well just about old times."
Anna-may looked down sadly. "I know you like him Holly. So don't even pretend." She said threw clench teeth. "You must think I'm nothing but a useless ditz, and that I don't deserve such a wonderful guy like Genki. But I love him, OK? You know very well that your not hear to stay, so why do want to take him away from me? Are you really that selfish Holly-Chan?"
Holly did not know what to say and only looked at her with an hurt expression.
"Certainly, you must have a boyfriend or something back in your own world, so just back off!" The girl scrowled than let her expression soften. "I'm sorry Holly-chan, It's just that I really do love him ."
"I understand." Holly sighed sadly
Anna-May smiled " That's good, it's good that you your not as thick headed as Aiko." The girl began to tie Holly's hair up in a thick braid. " You know, I really would like us to get along, I bit if Genki-chan saw us arguing he would be pretty hurt."
"Yeah, I guess he would......"
"Hey, Holly." Anna-may put a hand on her shoulder causing Holly to turn and look at her. "Hey it's not to late for us to be friends is it?"
"No I guess it's not." Holly forced a smile, 'even thought I don't like Anna-May that much I just don't feel it's right to break her heart, but is right for me to break mine?'