"So in other words, do not eat anything you find on the beach." Said Togami.
Everyone was seated for breakfast. Togami as part of his "leader" duties was giving morning announcements.
"Thats not good." Said Akane. "I ate some fish that I caught there."
"Well its fine as long as its not right off the beach." Said Togami.
Akane let out a sigh of relief as Souda looked at her, perplexed.
"And one last thing." Said Togami. "I have heard that some of us have slipped and fallen into the pool lately."
Everyone looked at Mikan, who sunk into her chair in embarrassment.
"I just want to remind everyone to use caution around the pool." Said Togami. "Unless of course you intend to swim in it."
"Ibuki hears you loud and clear!" Said Ibuki cheerfully.
Souda yawned and took a sip of coffee.
"That is all." Togami finished.
Togami wolfed down what remained of his food, putting the empty plate on top of the waste bin and making his way out of the resturaunt.
"And hes off..." Muttered Souda.
Souda looked over towards Sonia's direction. She was in the middle of a conversation with Chiaki about something. Gundam was sitting next to her, but he was in the middle of feeding sunflower seeds to his hamsters. He suddenly felt something hit the side of his shoe.
"Hm?"
Souda looked at the floor and saw a small folded up piece of paper by his foot.
"Whats this?"
Souda looked back up and noticed that Koizumi was making some sort of gesture at him.
"Is it...a message?" Thought Souda.
Souda "accidently" knocked his fork onto the ground, as he bent over to pick it up, he also grabbed the piece of paper and stuffed it into his pocket without anyone noticing. The mechanic got up and walked out of the resturaunt.
"Wonder what its about."
Souda unfolded it and read over what was written inside.
"Meet me in the old hotel building at 6.
-p.s. Wear comfortable shoes."
Souda folded the paper back up.
"Why would I-"
"Ahem."
Souda noticed that Togami was standing nearby, looking directly at him.
"What was that paper you just had?"
"Oh! Well...nothing!" Said Souda.
He gave his self appointed leader a fake smile.
"Hhhmmmmm..."
Togami stared intently at him. Souda felt like he was sweating bullets.
"You don't look like your planning anything." Said Togami. "But I got my eye on-"
Togami was interupted by a huge splash.
"Byaukuya chan!" Called ibuki's voice. "Ibuki fell in!"
"Oh for the love of... Mioda don't move!"
Togame approached the pool as Souda let out a sigh of relief.
"Better go through my shoes..."
It took Souda a good thirty minutes to find a good pair of shoes, but he still made it to the building at the scheduled time.
He walked into the old hotel building, but found that Koizumi was nowhere near the entrance.
"Koizumi!" Called Souda. "I'm here!"
Souda looked around.
"Maybe shes in the ballroom." Thought Souda.
He started walking towards the ballroom.
"But why would she need a room that big?"
Souda reached the door to the ballroom. He could faintly hear music coming from the other side.
"The hell?"
Souda opened the door. Inside, Koizumi was sitting in a folding chair, a cd player was plugged in next to her, but what was more surprising was the mannequin in the center of the room.
"Perfect timing." Said Koizumi.
"What the hell is going on?" Asked Souda. "Cuz this is getting freaky..."
Koizumi stood up from her seat.
"Today I'm going to teach you how to dance."
"D-Dance?! Then why is there a mannequin here?!"
Koizumi smirked.
"Thats your dancing partner."
Souda took a step backwards.
"Y-You cant be serious!"
"I am."
Souda looked at the mannequin, then at Koizumi.
"This isnt even necessary, I-I know how to dance!" Said Souda.
"No you don't." Said Koizumi. "I saw your "moves" at Togami's party before and it was like watching a fish out of water flopping around."
Koizumi walked up to Souda and glared at him.
"Sonia is a princess, if you wish to date her, your going to have to learn proper ballroom dancing!"
Souda gulped and sighed.
"Fine... But don't tell anyone I danced with a mannequin." Said Souda.
"Excellent." Said Koizumi. "Lets begin."
Saonji peeked through the window of Koizumi's cottage as Hinata and Chiaki stood nearby.
"Sorry I got you involved with this." Said Hinata. "I know we were supposed to-"
Chiaki looked up from the video game she was playing.
"Its fine." Said Chiaki. "I don't mind at all."
"Shes not home?!" Said Saonji. "They must be onto us!"
"Doubtful." Said Hinata. "If they saw either of us last night, dont you think they would have confronted us about it?"
"They must be somewhere else!" Said Saonji. "Maybe they're doing nasty things on the beach!"
"I don't think-"
"To the beach!"
Saonji took off full speed towards the beach. Hinata groaned and followed after her with Chiaki.
Within a couple hours Koizumi had made Souda into an amazing dancer.
At least thats what Koizumi wanted to happen.
Soud was by far the worst dancer Koizumi had ever seen. He lost his balance frequency, dropped the mannequin several times, and kept stepping on its feet.
Souda held the manequin close as he attempted to slow dance with it.
"Souda no thats wrong!" Shouted Koizumi.
"I'm trying!" Yelled Souda.
Souda lost his balance and fell on top of the manequin.
Koizumi groaned loudly.
"Jeez! It cant be that hard!"
Souda got up and dusted himself off.
"Your having me dance with a stiff object!" Said Souda. "Its difficult!"
"Your just not trying hard enough!"
"I'm trying as hard as I can dammit!"
Koizumi sighed and rewound the cd player to the beginning.
"Lets take it from the top." Said Koizumi.
Souda picked up the manequin and got into position.
"And here we go."
Koizumi resumed the song and Souda started "dancing".
"Wooah!" Said Souda, trying to keep his balance.
"Come on watch your feet!" Said Koizumi.
Souda nearly dropped the mannequin but caught it just in time.
"Stop loosing your grip!" Said Koizumi.
"I cant help it!" Said Souda. "My hands are sweaty!"
At that moment Souda tripped and fell. The mannequin hit the floor and broke in two as Souda hit the floor.
"Kazuichi?!"
Kouzumi paused the music and ran to his side.
"A-Are you okay?"
"Yeah...I'll live." Said Souda.
Koizumi sighed and looked at the mannequin.
"I guess Hanamura isnt going to get his mannequin back..." Muttered Koizumi.
"Wait, thats where you got it from!?" Souda shouted.
He suddenly felt filthy just for touching it.
"Hey I washed it!" Defended Koizumi.
Souda got up.
"Well now what?" Asked Souda.
"Don't know." Replied Koizumi. "Your dance partner kind of broke."
"Actually..." Began Souda. "I see someone who'd be a good dance partner."
Koizumi blushed and stepped backwards.
"Wha-what?!"
Souda held out his hand.
"It'll be easier dancing with a real person than with Hanamura's stupid mannequin." Began Souda "So how about it?"
Koizumi blushed lightly and looked back at the broken mannequin, then back to Souda.
"One dance." Said Koizumi sternly. "But if your hands go anywhere near my ass-"
"Hey I'm not that kind of guy!" Said Souda.
By that point the cd has just started the next song. Koizumi grabbed Souda's held out hand and placed her other one on his shoulder. Souda put his free hand on Koizumi's waist.
"And begin." Said Koizumi.
They began to dance. Souda had found that dancing with the more mobile Koizumi was far easier than the stiff mannequin he was using before.
Wow your doing much better." Said Koizumi.
"Thanks." Replied Souda.
Souda wasn't perfect however. He stepped on Koizumi's feet about three times and almost lost his balance once. Soon enough the song ended and Koizumi took a step away from the mechanic.
"Not perfect." Said Koizumi. "But its passable."
"Told you it was the partner." Said Souda.
Souda wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Same time tomorrow?" Asked Souda.
"Actually I was thinking tomorrow would be our day off." Said Koizumi. "Everyone is going to the two island beach for the day."
"Oh right, I totally forgot!" Said Souda. "I get to see miss Sonia in a bikini!"
Koizumi slapped the mechanic in the face.
"Hey!"
"You deserved it."
They both left the building together.
"So what do you have in mind for next time?" Asked Souda.
"Well-"
As they walked past the pool, Koizumi slipped on a puddle of water and fell into it with a splash.
"Koizumi?!"
Koizumi surfaced and glared at Souda.
"Don't say a word."
Souda helped Koizumi out of the pool.
"This thing is so unsafe!" Said Koizumi. "People keep falling into it!...wait!"
Koizumi grabbed her camera and tried to turn it on.
"Nonononononono!"
"Is something wrong?" Asked Souda.
"The water broke my camera!" Said Koizumi.
Koizumi screamed in anger and threw her camera onto the ground.
"Damnit!" Cursed Koizumi, "I'll have to grab a replacement from the store tomorrow!"
"Sorry to hear that." Said Souda.
Koizumi groaned.
"This camera cost me 250 US dollars..." Said Koizumi. "And now its broken..."
Koizumi looked at Souda and sighed.
"Thanks for helping me out..." Said Koizumi. "But could you keep this a secret?"
"Sure thing." Replied Souda.
Koizumi stormed off towards her Cottage, leaving Souda alone.
"Hm..."
Souda picked up the camera and examined it.
"Maybe..."
Koizumi slammed the door behind her and started stripping out of her wet clothes.
"Damn pool!" Muttered Koizumi.
She set her clothes on her coffee table to be washed later and laid on her bed.
"They need to put some safety railings on that stupid thing!"
Koizumi shut her lights off and crawled under the covers.
"I could have drowned if Souda wasn't there!"
Koizumi suddenly froze up.
"Souda... Helped me out didn't he..."
She pulled her covers up over her head.
"He did..."
Saonji and her two "helpers" looked around the beach.
"They aren't here either!" Said Saonji.
"Look Hiyoko, its late." Began Hinata. "We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow, so we need rest..."
Saonji groaned.
"Fine..." Muttered Saonji. "But that doesnt mean I'm giving up!"
"Hey its Hanamura." Said Chiaki.
To their surprise, the Ultimate Chef was in fact approaching the trio.
"Teruteru what are you doing here?" Asked Hinata.
"Well something of mine went missing, and I'm trying to find it." Replied Hanmura.
"What exactly are you looking for?" Asked Chiaki.
"Its a mannequin." Hanamura stated.
Hinata took a step back.
"Huh?!"
"Why the hell do you have something like that you fat perv?!" Demanded Saonji.
"Its not like that!" Said Hanamura. "Believe it or not I use them to model for food sculptures!"
"Really?" Asked Hinata.
"Still pretty weird!" Said Saonji.
Hanamura shrugged.
"But they aren't here... Oh well, I have three more in the closet anyways."
Saonji slowly pointed to the path leading away from the beach.
"Go away..."