A/N: Damn it, this is the last time I am ever rushing a chapter like this ever again! You don't know how many errors I had to correct, and they were stupid errors. And, on top of that, when I got to the fifth page, my spell checker failed.
So, with all of that added with the additional stress to get this done on time and my ridiculously fast typing speed (eighty WPM) I failed this chapter. Don't worry though, sakuuya cleared everything up. It's all good. So, yeah, I promise O/Cs will be in the next chapter! Like you guys, Chiharu is ready to start foreshowing, even though I have been doing that for the last two chapters. (Early I know!)
"Dear, flowers bring me happiness."
"I know that, Mom."
"You bring me happiness."
"I know that too, Mom."
"I'll never ever leave you, Sayuri."
"I got it, Mom."
And with that last sentence, Sayuri left for school.
-: Chapter Three: The Sound of Silence :-
Sometimes, I feel like I'm still dreaming.
It seems like everyday, you're always on my mind.
This is how we stay so connected, so connected
over space and time.
Silverstein - Still Dreaming
Ah, those were the good old days. I used to walk through the hallways of my elementary school with my head held high. Yeah, I was the shit back then. Now, I was some kind of super-powered time bomb or something like that. I mean, I remember dreaming of being a hero in my awesome years, except I had all of the powers known to humankind, and yeah, I could fly. I fly all the time in my dreams…. You know, except for the unusual dreams I've been having lately. And you know what? Flying is cool. Period. Having the ability to control time sounds like an old man power. Why couldn't I have cool bacon vision or something?
So, here I was in my living room, slumped into the old loveseat we have had for years. My eyes were weighted down with fatigue, and I was still soaked. Guess what, though? I was detransformed. See, everyone thinks I am stupid or something, but I remember to do the important stuff! I clutched the TV remote as I looked at the news. Yeah, everyone is freakin' out because all of those girls were just lined up at the school in their pajamas. I got rid of that water, by the way. Let's just say the water when "poofy" because I used the fire Essence to turn the water into more steam. Ha, and who said I didn't pay attention in science class, hmm?
Yes, there will be no school today, as I predicted. Where the hell was Miyuki? I did not want to be attacked again! I hadn't seen her since I ditched her. And let me tell you, never underestimate the power of the doggy paddle. Yes sir, that was me swimming across the street with my butt in the air, muttering multiple random words. The doggy paddle saved my life. Yeah, go on, laugh at me. I bet you I won't be there to save your ass when you're being owned by fire and water at the same time while drowning in imaginary water.
Hold on, I just had a spark of sheer genius. I should have had those more often. Today, I would be the prankster that I was born to be. I was bored… wasn't I? I sunk down into the loveseat, rubbing my temples. Man, I was confused. All this stuff about magic and Essences was perplexing. Actually, I just wanted to go to school. I missed laughing and cracking jokes with Tariku.
"Sayuri… is there any particular reason why you are wet?" My mother asked in that sweet, concerned voice all mothers should have. At that point, I could lie to her. Why, I could tell her dinosaurs fell from the sky, and flying pigs transformed into flying cows and she would believe me. She believed everything I did and said to her. That was why I wish I had a dad of some sort. I mean, at least he would tell me when stuff I did was bad. But, as fate would have it, I had no father. Apparently, he was nothing but a dead beat. Yep, that is what my mom told me. And I didn't believe her saccharine lie. If she couldn't look me in my eyes and say that my dad was a deadbeat, I'd never believe her.
I glanced at her, my pigtails frizzing with every move of my head. Where the heck was she going, looking all professional with her black suit and suitcase?
"Who are you going to assault, mom? What… you were going to rob a bank and didn't tell me?" I complained, getting up from my seat and eyeing her with persistency. She smiled as she always did. My mom never contradicted me. She always just looked happy, like nothing I did got on her nerves. Hey, I'd be pissed if my daughter was implying that I was about to rob a bank with nothing but a suitcase. I mean, who is stupid enough to pull a heist without some sort of mask on? I mean, who is stupid enough to rob a bank without a mask? Yeah, there we go! Take that, Yai Karachi.
"Sayuri, I am just going to go handle some business. I'll be back before midnight, m'kay? I love you."
I cocked a brow. Where was she going? It wasn't like her to keep things from me. Ah, she's getting old. That's it. Yep she's going through a cranky midlife crisis. Why do all adults seem to do that? Pshaw, you're getting old, so what? Soon, you'll be kicking back and drinking Hawaiian Punch with death. Complaining is not going to get you anywhere. However, complaining gets me everywhere, because when I complain, I get pretty much what I want.
"Ok, whatever. It had better not be any illegal business, though! I don't want to have to bail you out of jail, Kohana!" I cooed, bringing my eyes back to the TV set. Hey, Tariku's on the TV, telling us what happened! I let out a giant cackle, which made my mom flinch. Sorry about that, mother! Wait till I tell Tariku that she was raped by water! That was a classic joke!
"So… can you tell us what all of you were doing at Mukizu High School? Where your parents aware of this strange sleep over?"
At first, Tariku looked like she didn't know what to say. Then, in all her dumb-blonde glory, she put her right finger on her temple. I wonder what Miyuki replaced her memory with?
"Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else."
Seriously, I felt like I had been punched in the mouth in a good way! My stomach instantly tensed up, and everything got really silent. My eyes started to tear up, and I brought my hands around my stomach. That was the funniest thing I had heard all day! My laughter filled the whole house! I mean, I could barely hear my mother's petite "oh my" comment. And look at this! The announcer man did not know what to do. He's looking equally confused, and he was actually looking into the camera for assistance! Tariku was not going to live that one down, I swear! After a good five minutes of absolute silence from the TV, the announcer started to stutter before saying that he would be right back. Classic. Although I wonder… was that from Miyuki's memories? If so, I was going to embarrass her. Whose leg was she pissing on? My mom did not notice my laughing fit, because she was talking on her phone.
Interested, I got up and walked over to my mother, pondering who she could be talking to. I mean… unless she was discussing something about me, she would tell me upfront who she was talking to. Actually, she would tell me who she was talking to, regardless if I asked or not. Let's see… It could have been one of my teachers! Pfft, that was a stupid idea. It doesn't matter how many bad tests I got, my mom wasn't going to do anything about it! All she was going to do was tell me that she loved me in that meek mother voice of hers. You know, now that I think about it, that was somewhat weird. Usually, when kids get bad grades and stuff, their parents unleash hell. At least, that was what I heard floating around Miziku. My mother just smiled and winked at me.
While I am on the subject, all jokes aside, my grandmother supposedly got ran over by a car. Yes, my mother told me that. That was another reason why I don't believe her lies. If you are going to lie, at least lie the right way! Shoot. I was not dumb! If you ate my grandmother, that is fine with me! I won't go to the police and tell them that you murdered your mother, because we are cool like that. My mom brought her beaming eyes towards me while she hung up her phone.
"Dear… you didn't forget what today was?"
Hmm… maybe. I didn't know what she was talking about. I was not doing any homework. I mean, I hated school, and I still do. You see, I was allergic to stupid crap. I remember in elementary school that I was allergic to stupid stuff. I can remember being in class, and then my teacher would say Sayuri, stand up. Then she told me to spell kitchen. So I stood their and sounded the word out, like I was instructed to. You see, my teachers and I didn't get along with each other, period. I hated that teacher. Well, anyway, I sounded the word out loud. K-i-t-c-h-e-n. That is how you spell kitchen, right? Well, that was what I said. So the teacher nodded her head and told me I did a good job. Then she told me to spell knife. Therefore, I stood there and sounded this word out like the last time. I spelled knife n-i-f-e, because that is how it sounds. Then she said, "No, no, I am sorry, it is k-n-i-f-e."
So then I looked around the classroom, thinking how stupid this teacher was and as a result, I put my hand up and waited for her to call on me. She called on me and I told her with the way she spelled knife, it would be pronounced ka-knife. And I was right! And guess what? This is what she told me in front of the whole entire class: "The 'k' is silent." I asked her what the hell was she talking about, and I told her she needed to take that quite thing out and throw it out of a window. And right after class, I cut her with a ka-spoon! I know I am supposed to know this already, but can someone please tell me the purpose of the silent letter? Have you ever been able to use one in your own personal life? My name is Sayuri! It's spelled S-a-q-y-u-r-i! No sir, your name is Saqyuri! See, there is even a 'q' in it!
Now math? Math was the easiest subject in the whole entire world, because everything my teacher said, I could verify. My teacher always told me two plus two equaled four, and I would always look at my fingers. Two plus two does equal four! Then one day, my math teacher just flipped the script. My teacher said one day, "Three 'x' plus 'x' equals what?"
I had to call him out. "Did you know that some of them were letters?" is what I responded with. I mean, who was the idiot that put mother-freakin' letters in math problems? Do I give a crap what 'x' is? Is 'x' going to buy me lunch? No? I did not think so!
"So, what did I miss?" I asked, blinking a bit. My mother smiled sweetly at me.
"You are supposed to be at Okazaki mall today, remember?"
My stomach dropped. What?! I finally got a day out of school, and I had to spend it at the mall? Wait, I know that sounds all good and glamorous, but get this: I am in the choir. Yeah, that is right. Hey, I heard it looks good on your transcript, ok! Our choir sucks. Our choir is filled with a whole lot of girls who couldn't really sing. Ok, I can't really sing, but at least I could sing in the same type of pitch I was supposed to sing in! Those idiots screamed through songs. And our pushover choir director just let them scream like that. I mean, she was worse then my mother. My choir director had actually gotten her glasses smacked off her face, and she just let that crap slide. Now see, if that would have been me…. Well let's just say I would unleash holy hell. Anyway, the choir was suppose to be singing there today, and I, of course, had to be there, because I am second in command. That is right, I am second in command.
I know, I know: Sayuri, how could you be second in command? Like I said before, I can't sing, and of course Suzuki would be ahead of me. He was always ahead in me in almost every single thing I did, and it was annoying! Once, I got my English test back, and I scored a ninety. This dude scored a one hundred and twelve percent! What the crap…. Seriously? Was there any such thing as a one hundred and twelve percent? Now that was a rhetorical question. Please, I hope no one beats me with numbers and percentages.
"Yeah, I remember. I was hoping I could ditch that, ya know, Mother dearest?" I smirked, nudging my mom in the stomach. Now, here was the part where she said I could stay home. Watch and learn kiddos.
"Sayuri, time is what we don't have. Now please, I'll drive you there dear."
Whoa! That went all wrong! That wasn't what was supposed to happen at all! And whaddya mean we don't have time? I was full of it! But she didn't know that, did she? Would it have hurt me if I told my mother what I had become? Yeah, probably. Therefore, I wouldn't take any chances. See, Sayuri can be smart! But first I had to get out of these wet clothes.
"How long will you wait for me to change my clothes?"
"Don't worry dear; you can take as much time as you want. I love you!"
Man, she was wickedly nice to me. I ran upstairs with a sudden urge to wear something that was going to keep me warm. I mean, it's summer, but you never know what can happen. I don't know.... The ice Essence or something could be after me. Therefore, I grabbed a violet hoodie and threw on a random pair of jeans. There, I was all done playing dress up. I grabbed my brush and started to comb through my puffy pigtails. I hated combing my hair. It was just unbearable sometimes. I have to hold my pigtails with both hands because if I did't, I would get floor dirt on them, and that always sucked. After a couple of minutes of combing my hair, I ran downstairs and almost knocked over my mother. She just laughed at my accidental antic and patted me on my head.
"Don't kill yourself now… I'd be miserable if you did!" She beamed. Gah… I was not that stupid. I crossed my arms as I walked outside my house with my mother. Her eyes instantly flashed to the lilac flowers growing in our front yard. Yes, it stopped raining, finally. I breathed a sigh of relief as my mother put her suitcase down and knelled down to touch her white flowers. Now, I know certain people have certain inclinations with certain things, but my mother had a fetish with flowers. Was that normal? I mean, her name does mean 'little flower' hence Kohana, but man… she treated those flowers like pillows. I stood over her, trying to gather the good in flowers. Flowers were nothing but sun-stealing rays of crap. There.
"… I can't seem to smell the flowers any more," she muttered. "Something must be wrong…"
"Yeah, you can go to the doctor after I upstage everyone in the choir." I complained. My mother then grabbed her suitcase and stood back up before sighing. She took my hint prior to finally guiding me to her car. I hopped into the passenger's seat, eager to show everyone that Sayuri is arriving at this choir meet. The car ride to Okazaki mall was really tense and awkward. Usually, when we stopped at every red light, my mother would be all like, "I love you, make sure your seat belt is on!" or something, but she didn't say anything like that this time. Yep, she's getting old. I absolutely couldn't wait to jump out of the car and get into the mall. Kohana was uncanny. This was the first time I've seen her act like that. Speaking of weird, where the heck was Miyuki?
We came to a stop, and I was greeted with the whole choir, seven girls and one guy, to be exact. And oh, I was also greeted by my squeamish choir director. I got out of my mom's car and walked up to my teatcher. Now, I did not like any of these people in the choir. And I especially didn't like Suzuki. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could totally see him kind of laughing at me. Yeah, that is right, sorta laughing at me. I put my hood up on my head before poking my despondent choir director in the shoulder. She flinched a bit, and let me tell you, it was kind of upsetting to see a grown woman flinch. Especially one as heavy-set as Emi.
"So, are we going to go in, Emi, or what?" I cooed, narrowing my eyes at my director. Her glance met the pavement. Just then, everyone crowed around me and Emi. One of the girls that was in the choir had some sort of cat bundled up in her arms, and that cat looked suspiously like Miyuki. Except, you know, this cat had a big giant ribbon glued onto its head and lip stick was smeared all over its face.
"Meow!" (You are in so much trouble! I swear, ______ , you will not hear the end of my rage!)
Whoa, it is Miyuki! Resisting the urge to laugh, I waited for Emi to respond. Wait a second, why did something in Miyuki's sentence sound left out? Oh well. I did not know the name of anyone in this choir except for Suzuki's name. I guess Miyuki was going to have to stay in the arms that held her! Anyway, how did Miyuki get captured? Isn't she like, a bad ___ or something? Whoa… what the? Did I just get mind raped?
" ___ It isn't nice to call the director by her first name," Suzuki spoke, clearly trying to find a way to annoy me. Ok… why the heck didn't he use my name? It sounds like he did, but then it is just… weird. Hey, maybe everyone is just toying with my emotions! He had better stop that!
"Seeing as how I didn't ask you, take your opinion and shove it up your _____ ."
Now this time, everyone blinked. All right, what gives? Why is everyone playing a game all of a sudden, and why can't I say what I need to say? Are you serious? I am ____ ____, for Pete's sake. What the ____? Hold on, now I can't think my own name? This is some _____ _____ ! I turned to Miyuki, hoping to find an answer. She still looked pissed, and I think she was about to take a chunk out of the girl that is holding her. That is right Miyuki, fight the power! Kill the Man!
"Ah, that's not really ladylike…" Suzuki added, putting a mischievous look on his face. What? Ok, so now this dude has just started a war. Be prepaired for bomb fire and gunshots!
"Yeah, well, at least I have a mother! You've got two dads and a chemistry set, _____ "
"Why do you keep doing that?" Suzuki mused. "Cat got your toungue?"
No, the cat is over there, doing nothing to solve this mystery. ______ Miyuki do something!
"Why are you so gay?"
"Why are you such a boy?"
"I see you tried to put make-up on, Suzuki, and failed."
"I could say the same for you."
"Touché, faggot," I said, cynicism dripping off of my tongue. So, while I was busy waiting for a reply, Miyuki jumped out of the girl's arms and walked up to me.
"Meow!" (Stop your quarrelling! This is an Essence we are dealing with!)
_____ . Man, why so soon? What Essense was she talking about? What exacty could make a person not be able to say stuff? Man, why is this so confusing?! The sun is beaming down on my head, but it isn't nearly as hot as it was a couple of says ago.
"I am Sayuri-freakin'-Outtaike!"
My head instantly tilted to the left at Emi. Everyone was really confused, and Emi covered her mouth, trying to make it seem like she hadn't just said my name! Hey, that is my line! Actually, hey, that is my name!
"I… I don't know what came over me…" Emi sighed. One of the girls sighed.
"Isn't Miyuki sopposed to be bad ass or something?"
My eyes instantly widened. Ok… that too is my line. Why does everyone want to be me all of a sudden?
"Who is Miyuki?"
"Does anyone else think weird things are happening?"
"When are we going to sing?"
Those questions floated around me. Miyuki looked serious. Could we see this Essence? I do not think so… so what gives…?
"Meow!" (Try to transform, girl!)
All right, now I am really confused. Skip that, I am insanely confused. Miyuki wants me to try to transform in front of all these people? Now, I have no clue how secret identities are soppose to work, but I am sopposed to conceal my super hero alias! When can I ever get a break from all of this super hero crap?! It's only been a couple of hours, and already I am getting mind hacked?! I opened my mouth up to at least try to transform, completely contradicting what I just said. Guess what? Absolutely nothing came out of my mouth. Miyuki sulked a bit.
"Meow…" (Damn. There could be a slew of Essences responsible for this. If only you could stop time…)
I sneered. Man, what is this, piss-______-off-for-no-apparent-reason? Gah! Man, I did it again! You know what… if I could stop time I would. Speaking of which, what about those spasms I was having? Didn't those trigger some kind of time warp paradox thingies? That is what I need! I didn't even care about the looks I was getting. If I am going to die like Miyuki says, I want to save my butt before anyone else's butt. There. Not knowing what else to do, my emerald eyes trailed down to the ground.
And then hell unleashed itself.
I kid you not. A small girl, probably ten years old or something, somersaulted over to me and grabbed Miyuki without a second thought. Now, Miyuki was cradled in this girl's arms. This girl had tan skin; and bangles on both of her arms. And let me tell you, these bangles were gigantic! I mean, some sort of cloth connected the two bangles together. This girl stuck her tongue out at me while she griped Miyuki with a firm grasp. She threw up a bunch of hand signs with her free hand before running off into the mall. What the...? Suzuki raised a brow.
"Sign language? Sayuri, was that your cat?" he asked, wanting to get into my business. Emi just looked at us while we gave her even more confused looks. I doubted that we were going to sing today. I wish I hadn't signed up for this. I mean, if we were scheduled to sing, I think we are dead close to being late. I pointed an index figure in the direction that that weird girl ran.
"Get that girl!" I commanded. When no one responded, I slowly put my hand down. Crap, they all must think I am crazy or something. Wait, did Suzuki finally say my name? If so, that means I can transform now! Awesome-sauce. I can't lose Miyuki, no matter how much I want to leave her in a ditch. Hold on, though… if I can say what I want to say, then I should be able to tell Suzuki off with no problems! Alas, I really need to get Miyuki out of her current situation. I mean, I don't like her, but I think she has suffered enough. So with that in mind, I dashed into the mall, trying not to bump into many people who where giving me bad looks.
"Hey, get the hell out of my way!" I exclaimed, now starting to push people aside. Oh, great. Here comes the fat security guards equipped with nothing but doughnuts and flash lights! I have to stop everything! Man, skip this, I am transforming! My hand started to glow that purple color I have grown to love. Everything stopped around me as I prepared to transformed.
"Time Metaphase!" I called out. As soon as I was dressed and ready go, I wasted no time in preparing to do something totally epic.
"Blessed water, I call to thee. I ask you to bless this place for me. Remove all negativity, purify, I ask of thee!"
Out of the blue, it started to rain hard inside this mall. I mean, it was utterly impossible, but hey, whatever floats my boat… I guess. I detransformed as people started to scream and run out of the mall. Riot, r-i-o-t! See, there is no annoying silent letter in riot! Way to go! Now if only I could find that girl. Just then, a cold wet, hand grabbed my shoulder. I unintentionally flinched as I turned around to see Suzuki, who was just as wet as I was when I challenged the five-feet-high floods in the streets. It was raining bad. Though I couldn't see Suzuki's face, as his brown hair was in the way, I could almost tell he was about to order me around. Pfft, what makes you think that I follow anyone's orders?
"Yokoshima-sensei wants us to go home. She said something about it not being safe here. C'mon."
My eyes narrowed. You know, this sort of personal space violation can earn anyone a kick in the chin. Lucky for Suzuki, I can't kick him in the chin because I have no idea how anyone can get their leg up that high in the first place. So instead of trying to kick him in his chin, I deliberately put on some kind of weird kind look on my face. I have no idea where that small chick went with my "partner." I am going to need some help here.
"I am looking for that cat. It is my cat, after all!" I said. However, there was no way in hell I was going to ask this dude for any sort of help. That isn't me. Sayuri doesn't ask anyone for help. I find out things for myself! Feeling flustered, I began to saunter ahead of my make-believe foe. And there I saw her. The tan girl was holding Miyuki, and she looked as if she was laughing to herself, but really, no sound was audible. Strange.
"My name is Silence! Let's play!" Miyuki saidin a childish voice. I burst out in laughter as I Suzuki looked at me with befuddled black eyes.
"Did that cat just talk?"
"I can walk, too!" Miyuki hissed. "Sayuri, this is the Silence Essence! Do something!"
Ah, so Miyuki is practically eating out of my hands, eh? I turned around to Suzuki and threw my hands out.
"Does that look like a talking cat to you? Then it is a talking cat!"
That explanation seemed to be no use, because Suzuki looked more confused them ever before. He sucks. I turned back to face Miyuki, who looked like she was about to say something else.
"Let's play a game, ok? I am an Essence, as your friend just stated! Cool, huh?"
I instantly smacked my lips. Who says cool anymore? The correct term is awesome-sauce. See, awesome-sauce doesn't have a silent letter it either. Awesome-sauce. Before I could respond, the silence Essence disappeared from my sight. That is never a good sign. Someone was about to be owned. I bet you any kind of money that I'd put Suzuki in front of me as a shield before I'd save his life! Suzuki took a couple of steps ahead of me before leering at me in the most bothersome way. It was like he knew something I didn't know, and he wasn't going to tell me what he knew. Actually, I think he was going to use this thing against me somehow.
"So, you are friends with a talking cat," he mused. "Whose leg did you eat to make that possible?"
"Not yours!" I shot back. "Look, help me get the cat and get out of here. I've got a mother at home actually waiting for me."
Ok, so maybe I lied just a little bit about my mom being home. But I had to lie! This dude thinks he is smarter then me. I then looked to my left to see Miyuki walking towards me, bad makeup adjustments and all. She looked nothing short of extremely pissed off.
"Back so soon, make-believe bad ass?" I taunted. Miyuki hissed at me, implying that I had better shut my mouth before I accidentally die.
"The silence Essence isn't really a threat." Miyuki said, with her tranquil voice. No human is that relaxed. But then again, Miyuki wasn't human now was she? I guess Miyuki wasn't done with her sentence, as she opened her mouth to say something else.
"Aw, I wonder which of you humans is actually better then that cat at being smart!" Miyuki said in an extremely childish voice. However, I was just too fixated on deciphering what Miyuki - err yeah, what Miyuki just said. I am way smarter then Miyuki and Suzuki, so there. I threw my hands on my hips.
"Uh, I am better, duh." I said, smirking a lot.
"Care to confirm that?"
"Gladly. I can write actual sentences. There," I ruminated. As far as I could tell, Suzuki doesn't write. But then again, this guy is so flamboyant that he probably likes to write poetry. Before Suzuki could ever answer, Miyuki sunk her teeth into my leg. Seriously, she did it with no warning and no apparent reason her actions. I to shake my leg. I swear, if Miyuki doesn't come off my leg I'll kill her!
Just when I thought all my attempts were for nothing, the weirdest thing happened. I transformed involuntarily, right in front of Suzuki. This is not awesome-sauce! In fact, this is horrible-sauce. Miyuki let go of my leg, blood seeping from her teeth.
"You owe me." Miyuki said, spitting out whatever traces of my blood was in her mouth. Suzuki didn't look as awestruck as I thought he would. Actually, he just stood there with his hand on his chin.
"Impressive," was all he said. Maybe he thinks my transformation was a magic trick? Either way works fine. But, what I really want to do is tell this these two what I really think of them! I can't stand either one of them! They both make me sick! I won't even bother to spell that one. But then again, I do feel like that word deserves a "no silent letter" comment. I was fuming with rage, and my hands were on my hips. I knew what I was going to say to both of them. I was going to kill two birds with one stone, as it was going to be fairly easy! I could feel my rage filling my whole entire body and I knew what was coming. I was about to go into an intense swearing fit.
"… I love you guys!"
My eyes widened. That is not what I wanted to say by a long shot! Nope, that was the farthest thing from my mind! I don't love them! I loathe them! Freakin' silence Essence! Stop messing up my speech and making me say things I don't really want to say! Get out of my head, and stop raping my mind! Miyuki already knew I didn't mean what I said, but apparently, Suzuki was having a fit of joy.
"Who are you talking to?" He chuckled, amused at my sudden outburst. I resented everything he did just then.
"Miyuki, please, how would I catch this Essence?"
"Nope! No cheating!" Miyuki spaid again. I sighed and brought my hand towards my face. And then, suddenly, I had a spark of sheer brilliance. I had been paying attention to Miyuki when she began to explain how to tract down Essences. Therefore, I decided to test it out. I closed my eyes and concentrated really hard on tracking down my enemy. And sure enough, Miyuki was defininitely right about all of those jewels appearing all around me. I slowly opened my eyes, and sure enough, I saw a single jewel, floating right next to me. I opened my eyes, but all I saw was Miyuki.
"This isn't breaking the rules, but Miyuki, didn't you say Essence can change forms?"
Now I think Miyuki wanted to open her mouth, but her darting eyes indicated that she wouldn't chance it. Instead, Miyuki just nodded her head. I slowly walked over to Miyuki and picked her up. Ah, so now I knew where my enemy was.
"What are you doing, idiot!?" Miyuki asked bitterly. She probably thinks I am going to do something ridiculous. She is the fool. I extended my free hand.
"Magic Wand!" I summoned, my trusty little devise appearing in my hand snuggly. No, I was not going to hurt Miyuki, even though I want to chop her little head off!
"Don't move, or risk the total annihilation of your skull," I said, placing Miyuki on the ground. Miyuki looked dumbfounded for a moment. I lifted up my foot quickly above her head, and I started to stomp away at Miyuki's head. Miyuki let out more than a dozen meows. She was unsure of what I was planning. After about fifteen stomps, I stepped back. Miyuki's newfound ribbon was stomped to absolute death. My magic wand glowed a bright white. Success! Now, I expected some sort of thank you, but the first thing on Miyuki's mind was to do something different. Miyuki rubbed her head on the ground a little bit before another white light shone throughout the mall. Don't you think that is a little too soon, Miyuki? She just replaced Suzuki's memory! Suzuki just stood there looking really confused and dazed. I thought he would at least complain about how he got where he is now.
My mouth gapped. "Man, Miyuki! Why did you do that! Suzuki knew something I didn't!"
Miyuki stared at me with exasperated eyes. "C'mon, did you really want him to know what you are?"
Ignoring what Miyuki just said, I laughed crudely. "Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else?"
Miyuki instantly tensed up. "I didn't say that."
"No one said you did, I am just saying if you did say that, you're a freakin' idiot!"
Instead of arguing with me, Miyuki actually smiled at me. "One of my close friends said that line. You know, you're kind of like him."
I left the mall, and Miyuki followed me.
"Are you trying to call me a dude?"
"Oh no, not now, Sayuri. We are not going to end this on a bad note. Not this time."
I narrowed my eyes. "Don't look at me with that tone of voice!" Wait a second, that came out all wrong! I quickly collected myself.
"If you have noticed, this notice you will have noticed that this notice is not worth noticing!"
Now Miyuki gave me a weird look before stopping. "Are you sure you captured the silence Essence?"
"Positive!" I answered. "Now c'mon, lets go eat some pocky."
Yep. This was a tamer fight than I expected. Buy why do I feel like I am forgetting something?
