Vodník
A fan fiction by Kate-chan 91
Disclaimer: Sorry, I only own my original characters, no na da!
Kate-chan 91's tidbits (A/N): It's very interesting how this has already managed to have one story alert and be on one author's favorite story's lists already. Personally, I'm impressed. (Throws toast to the two seperate authors.) Anyway, this is the chapter that Ryou, the mysterious OC stated in the summary and the Mew Mews will first appear (to certain degrees of course).
I've found another version of the vodník legend on the web! According to this legend it is a Slavic water demon that appears when a child drowns in a specific area. It will then lure victims into the sea (or lake, river or ocean depending on where the child drowned), causing them to drown. Along with resembling a man, a vodník can look a lot like a fish. (The same source also informs you that the Russians call it Vodjanoj.) You can find this source at: http/ One:The Legend of the Vodník
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"Are we there yet, no na da?"
Silence.
"Are we there yet, no na da?"
Silence again, only this time everyone else present were holding their breath in order to keep themselves from screaming in insanity.
"Are we there yet, no na da?"
Everyone else in the van started feeling faint from the lack of oxygen when suddenly the same question was asked: "ARE WE THERE YET, NO NA DA!"
"PURIN! NO!" Almost everyone yelled in one breath to Purin, the youngest girl in the van.
"Calm down- it's just a couple more kilometers, nothing special." Zakuro, the only soul that did not yell at the golden lion tamarin gene injected Purin, commented in her usual no business voice.
"A couple more? That will take forever!" Purin repeatedly complained, kicking in the process.
"Relax, Purin! I'm pulling into the hotel parking lot right now!" Ryou told her as he pulled the van into a space located near the front enterance. Everyone immediately unbuckled their seat belts and ran out of the car to unpack the van, stretch their legs, or in Minto's case, have teatime. At the same time, Ryou stepped out and walked into the front lobby for the keys to their rooms.
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About two hours later, the hotel rooms were locked up and the five girls and Ryou were walking around the town just to kill some time.
"Hey, Ryou, is this your first vacation without Keiichiro? You keep looking around your shoulder every two seconds..."' Ichigo asked the boy that was usually her boss. After all, she usually saw him being accompanied with Keiichiro whenever she saw him.
"What do you think?" He asked as the group came across the beach, where a huge throng of people, including a news reporter or two gathered.
"What's going on?" Retasu asked as they drew nearer and nearer to the evergrowing crowd.
"Let's go ask someone," Ichigo replied as she was about to ask the very question Retasu asked to a random person. However, Purin beat her at that game, yelling, "HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, NO NA DA?"
"A little girl's body was found in the water a couple of days ago not too far from here," a woman answered. "Her ashes are currently being dropped into the ocean since she loved swimming, and everyone, even TV reporters of all people, want to see it."
As this conversation was going on, a slavic woman asked a man a question in her native language, which he replied in the same language. She breathed, "Vodník!" before screaming it, breaking out of the pack and running in circles, still screaming it. Everyone's attention turned to the woman, confused about what she was saying. Finally, Purin asked, "What's a vodník anyway, no na da?" to the man she was talking to.
"I don't know, little girl, let me go try to ask..." He replied as he walked towards her and slapped her. He then asked her a question in her native language; she replied to this, apparently with a huge amount of detail.
The man cleared his throat before beginning. "She said that a vodník is a water demon that appears in an area whenever a child has recently drowned. They go around kidnapping victims and drowning them in the water. They will then steal their souls and trap them in glass jars- forever. While they can look like fish, the vodník usually looks like a handsome man."
The woman then started running down the street yelling something; the man followed suit translating: "YOU MUST BEWARE THE VODNIK! LEAVE THIS AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!"
The crowd stood motionless for a second before squirming around even more wildly than before. The five mew mews and Ryou apparently got seperated in the process, as Retasu started quivering, "Ichigo... Ryou... Purin... anyone...?" as she slowly looked for anyone she knew. Suddenly, she stepped on someone's foot; the foot's owner yelped, sending her flying onto the sand.
"I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME..." Retasu quickly apologized as she looked at her accidental victim. That's when she noticed he was... pretty good looking. He was also apparently okay with it, as if it happened all the time.
The boy looked at her, asking, "Do you need a hand getting up?"
"Yes..." The spectacled girl replied as she lifted an arm towards him. He grabbed it and tugged her up.
"Thanks... I'm... sorry for stepping on your foot, sir." She apologized again since she could not think of anything else to say after thanking him for pulling her up.
"It's nothing... are you a local?"
"No, no... I'm on vacation with some friends..."
"Ooh, you're new, just like me... where are you staying?"
"The hotel by that neighborhood near here..."
"Alright, I'll see you there later tonight, got it?"
"UH..."
"Okay, cool!" The boy said as he disappeared into the crowd.
Retasu stood there for a couple of minutes before being found by Minto. She didn't know what to say or think... a boy wanted to see her of all people?
End of Chapter One
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Kate-chan 91