Delivery Boy Soujirou
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Ch a p t e r O n e: The Ultimate DELIVERY Challenge!
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JUPPON GATANA FOOD NIHONGO ON THE GO GO! JUPPON GATANA FOOD NIHONGO ON THE-------
Soujirou rolled over on his futan and looked at his cell phone text.
MEET ME KARASUMA LINE NOW! DON'T BE LATE.
Soujirou groaned as he rolled back into his bedsheets. It was after all, 7 a.m. on a Saturday.
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The Karasuma line is part of the Kyoto Underground Metro Subway. Being top notch in transportation, a crowd of people were there on that Saturday as Soujirou observed. As usual it always ended up with him waiting for Misao who was late as usual. Since she was the one that texted him to come at 7; then why is she late?
Alright, that's it. Soujirou had decided. He will tell Misao today that he will not be coming to anymore of these slave labors. He shuddered at the thought of the consequences. After all, she is a veryrich girl from a very rich and powerfulfamily. The possibilities are endless! They could send the yakuza after him. They could hire a hit man. Or hell, they could come and take away the Juppon Gatana restaurant and take the whole gang and him as prisoners in their underground torture chamber! Oh what would Yumi-san say: SOUJIROU YOU STUPID BRAT I'M GONNA KILL YOU AND THEN I'LL----
You get the idea. ...just really really really bad stuff might happen. But hey, he wans't sure if he could deal with doing this everyday. Maybe, and just maybe, she'll take it easy and say: Of course Soujirou! I will leave you alone forever!!!
Soujirou sighed. He could only wish. He looked at his watch, it was now getting near 9 a.m. Looking up at his watch, he suddenly saw Misao. Standing in the distance by herself in the middle of the crowd.
He was just about to call for her when he stopped as he noticed something abnormal. Misao wans't her loud, obnoxious self. Soujirou watched as she stood so lonely and miserable in the crowd. For a moment, he saw a side of her she never let him saw before. He felt a bit sympathy for a moment.
He walked up to her, thinking how he was going respond to this situation. Misao? Are you alright? What's wrong?
"Misao, are you alrig----" but stopped short.
"You're late again!" Misao kicked him in the shin. No, the real Misao was still there, Soujirou thought as he hopped in pain.
"But I came here since---"
"Do you have a coin?" Misao asked.
Soujirou scratched his head, "Yes... why?"
"Well! Get it out." Misao said impatiently.
Did as he was told, Soujirou took out 10 yen. Misao gave her instructions with haste, "How today ends up is simple. Heads, we go on the subway. Tails, you can go home today." Soujirou's eyes widen and gleamed with hope. "But ONLY for today!" Misao added in.
"Deal!" Soujirou said anxiously. He knew at that instant, inside of him, every single part of his body, even the stomach bacteria, were all screaming: TAILS TAILS TAILS TAILS TAILS TAILS TAILS!!!!!
Misao took the 10 yen from Soujirou's hand. "Let's see then..." She flipped the coin with her thumb. They both watched as the coin flew high into the air. The moment straight forever for Soujirou. What will it be...?
The coin landed right in the middle, between Misao and Soujirou. Their heads bent down forward to see the result.
"Heads." Misao said plainly.
Soujirou sighed, Just My Luck.
Misao glared at him, "WHAT'S THAT SIGH FOR?! You DON'T like hanging around ME?!"
Soujirou anxiously waved his arms in surrender. "NO no no...it's just early in the morning, that's all. I'm tired!" He lied nervously.
Misao looked up at him with unconvincing, cold eyes which made Soujirou more nervous. To alleviate her, Soujirou placed one of his arm around her as he led her through the subway door. "We'll have a fun fun fun day! Oh I can't wait!" Misao blushed a bit at the sudden gesture and forgot about her anger. Once they were inside, Soujirou let go without a care. Misao looked a bit disappointed but forcefully ignored the feeling.
She took the 10 yen out again, "This is fun! Let's do it again!"
"Huh?" Soujirou looked over at her. "You mean I have a second chance to go home today?" He asked a bit too eagerly. Misao kicked him in the shin, "NO. I mean, let's flip the coin again. If it's heads we continue to stay on the train. If it's tails, we leave this subway and wait for the next."
"How is that suppose to be fun?" Soujirou asked after recovering from the second attack. It was then that he saw Misao sincerely smile at him, "Because life is more fun when things are unexpected."
So the game began as they both took turns flipping the coins. It was a series of heads after heads so they both stayed on the subway. Where they destined to continue traveling further?
As Misao sat besides Soujirou in the subway, he watched as an elderly man walked across. She could tell that he was very old, probably in his 90's. As this old man walked, he looked desperately for a seat but it was so crowded that he was forced to stand and hold onto the subway ceiling handle. To Soujirou's surprise, Misao suddenly stood up. He watched as she walked quickly over to some punk teenager guy with a mohawk.
"HEY!" Misao screamed at mohawk guy. "GET UP!" Now everyone was now looking at her. Soujirou shrink back into his seat with embarrassment.
He took off his loud headphones and glared at Misao.
"Offer your seat to the elder!" Misao shouted. It looked as if her eyes were going to pop out of her sockets. Soujirou saw her evil glare and was instantly frighten.
The mohawk guy looked at her for a second then chuckle at her and looked away. Misao raised her hand and smacked him on his head. "Ugh!" the guy groaned in pain. He looked up at her with shock but Misao's wide eyed glare did not leave for even a second. "Go!" she barked. Soujirou winced at that moment. The guy looked around in disbelief at what she did. In the end he surrendered and stood up and walked away. The elderly man, who had stood in front of them now was seated at the mohawk guy's spot.
"Hey!" Misao barked again. The mohawk guy turned around.
"Fix your hair," Misao pointed her finger at his mohawk. He frowned and turned around. DING DING DING! Fifty points for Misao.
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In the fifth try, Misao flipped tails. "Finally we get off! My butt is frickin' numb."
"We've been on her for a long time. I think we might have left Kyoto..." said Soujirou.
"Nonsense!" Misao hollered.
Once they stepped out of the underground subway, Soujirou definitely knew it was not Kyoto at all...
The surrounding was all new to them. It no longer a metropolis setting anymore but rather something more naturalistic. Thousands and thousands and miles of trees stood as the woods stretches up to the mountains before them.
"Hey look, smoke!" Soujirou pointed up at the peak of the tallest mountain.
Misao grinned, "That must mean that someone lives there!"
Soujirou smiled, "Wow I can't imagine living in the mountains. Must be very cold... Hey, where are you going?"
Misao started walking toward the mountains, "I'm going to see who lives there! Duh!"
"What the...?" Soujirou ran after her, "Misao, it's probably three hundred miles until the top! It might take days of walking until we reach the top! And this isn't a tourist attraction like Mt. Fuji! There might be while animals and there won't be anyone to help us!"
"Ah hush! You talk too much for a small Asian kid." Misao said as she continued hiking.
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Three hours later...
Misao and Soujirou was still walking up the mountain. It was now noon and the only thing Soujirou had been seeing the whole time were trees...and more trees...and maybe a bunny from time to time.
"Water." Misao demanded.
Soujirou instantly pulled her water bottle of her bag. How did he ended up carrying her luggage anyways? And why was he suddenly her water boy? Oh yeah, he's still her slave for 99 more days. Sad thing is that he was getting good at it. Whenever she hollered for something, he instantly knew where it was and pulled it out for her right away. It was as if she programmed his brain to only work for her.
As Misao stopped and drank her water, Soujirou stopped as well.
"Ah! Refreshing!" Misao shoved the water bottle into Soujirou's stomach and continue to walk.
Soujirou was getting thirsty as well so he held up the bottle to drink as well. But of course, the bottle was empty. Just his luck.
Two hours later...
"I'm tired... Let's stop and go back," Misao whined as she collapsed to the ground.
He was startled at her sudden willing to give up. It was now two o'clock. They had been walking for five hours!!!!
"We walked for five hours! I don't want to waste it," Soujirou said.
"Well I'm tired," Misao said.
"I'm tired too but I'm not going to give up after all that walking." Give up? Hell no. He was going to finish this.
"Well I'm not walking anymore," Misao said stubbornly.
Soujirou gave a large sigh. He had forgot fora moment that he was dealing with a stubborn donkey.
He walked over to her and crouched down with his back to her.
"What are you doing?" asked Misao.
"I'm giving you a free piggyback ride," Soujirou said. Misao was surprised at his action. She expected him to get angry with her and leave. Everyone in her life had done it to her many times already. So if Soujirou were to scream at her right then and there and walk away, Misao would have be nonchalant about it. After all, it was something she was used to.
"Well what are you waiting for? Get on!" said Soujirou.
Misao grinned and jumped eagerly forward and hugged onto his neck. "Weeeee!"
"ARGH!" Soujirou fell face forward into the ground.
Fives minutes later...
"Hey I'm thinking about making a movie," said Misao.
"What kind of movie?" asked Soujirou as he carried her on his back.
"Don't know, but I'm a big fan of action. OH I KNOW! A Woman is brought into the future but it turns out that she is the only human left and the rest are all evil robots! So in order to survive she learns to use explosives, knives, and guns and shoot and blow up everything!" Misao giggled evilly.
Soujirou rolled his eyes, "Sounds...nice. OR you can do a sad, romantic movies. Japanese people love sad movies all because of Shower."
"Shower? What's so sad about that movie?" Misao asked.
Soujirou was shocked, "What isn't sad about it? It's sad when she asked to be buried in the clothes reminiscent of her love. I have to admit, I cried watching that!"
"The ending sucks," Misao said bluntly.
Soujirou couldn't believe it. Even Shower couldn't move a girl like her. "Alright when they how would you end it?"
Misao smiled as she imagined her version of the movie...
Misao and Soujirou are now the lead characters. Both are sitting at the pound with Misao in her school uniform and Soujirou as a poor, lonely soul that wears old, ripped up clothes. They feed each other rice balls and throw crumbs into the pond. Then they stand up and start skipping down the road, holding hands. Then suddenly rain pours on them! They look at each other! Oh no! They run into a small hut and sit together and wait as the rain stops, giggling with each other.
FAST FORWARD
Soujirou is sitting with his parents in their old, straw house as his parents discussed the death of Misao. "Such a pity, their family line is broken up now," said the father. "Oh my..." said the mother.
"But you know, she must have been an extraordinary girl." said the father. "Why is that?" asked the mother.
"This was her last request. When I die, please bury me with my love. To bury him alive even!" said the father.
Soujirou's eyes almost popped out of his sockets. Suddenly, a bunch of Shinto monks burst into the door and grabs Soujirou. "NOOOO!" Soujirou screams as they drag him out the door, leaving his parents confused.
FAST FORWARD
At the funeral, the monks placed Misao's coffin into the ground and other people are crying as they watched. The monks are now coming the funeral and carrying Soujirou on their backs as he screams for his life. "NO WAY! THIS IS WRONG! THIS IS WRONG!" Soujirou shouts. He screams so more as they throw him into the ground hole containing the coffin. He stands up and tries to get out, "THIS IS WRONG! THIS IS WR---" but is then knocked out with a shovel hitting his head by one of the monks. Then they start to bury the two.
Misao's looked forward with a sincere melancholy expression, "How romantic... Isn't that sad?"
Soujirou was at a lost for word...
One hours later...
Misao's stomach groaned, "I'm soooooo HUNGRY!"
Soujirou was too but there wans't any to eat. It was unfortunate that they had forgotten to pack food but both of them probably didn't know they were going to travel to the other end of the world...
Something in the forest caught Misao's attention. On the side of the path they were taking were some blue berries. Misao looked hungrily at them as they were so shiny...and delicious. They were twinkling at her...they wanted her to eat them...
"Ooooo...berries!" Misao pointed at them to tell Soujirou.
Soujirou looked at them but didn't get the same reaction as Misao. "I wouldn't eat them... They might be poisonous."
"Nonsense! Poisonous berries aren't blue! They're poisoned colored!" Misao shouted.
Poisoned colored? What kind of color would that be? Soujirou thought. Misao then jumped down and ran to the bushes of blue berries. She ate them greedily as Soujirou took a break and sat down by a large rock.
Thirty minutes later...
"Those berries were awesome! You should have eaten some Soujirou."
"I'll wait until we get to the top. There might be some noodle shops."
"Baka!"
Thirty minutes later...
"Sushi or soba?" Soujirou asked Misao as she continued to ride on his back. After eating those berries, Misao decided to play a game.
"Sushi," Misao replied, "Pikachu or charzard?"
"Pikachu," replied Soujirou, "Soccer or baseball?"
"Soccer. Ayumi Hamasaki or Utada Hikaru?"
"Ayumi Hamasaki. Strength or Intelligence?"
"Wait a minute,Ayumi?" asked Misao. "Definitely Hikaru. She has more talent!"
Soujirou laughed, "No one can beat her album, Rainbow."
"Hikaru's Deep River beats Rainbow baka!" said Misao.
"She's doesn't have as much albums out as Ayu Misao," replied Soujirou.
"Oh please, who cares about the number of albums. Ayu's old, Utada's now the new Ayu. And she sang the theme song for---" Misao stopped suddenly. There was a moan and groan in her stomach. Misao she touched her stomach but then felt a sharp pain. "Ow!"
Soujirou wondered what was going on.. "Uh.. Misao? You were saying?"
But Misao wans't listening. Her stomaching was aching like hell. Then suddenly she felt something else... Something worst. Much worst. Good thing was that the pain went away. Bad thing was she now felt constipation.
"Misao?" Soujirou asked.
"AHHH!" Misao screamed. "WHAT?!" started Soujirou.
"TOILET!!!" Misao screamed.
"TOILET?!" Soujirou screamed.
"I HAVE TO TAKE A DUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!" Misao shouted. She felt as if she couldn't hold it any longer.
"A DUMP!?!" Soujirou was now scared shit. Literally. He was SCARED of SHIT. Dammit why did he asked to give her a piggyback ride! He instantly let go of Misao but unfortunately she hanged on. Her legs wrapped around him like a spider. She pulled on his hair in frustration.
"Go find me the restrooms!" Misao yelled.
"There are no rest rooms! We're in the forest!" Soujirou yelled as he freaked out, jumping about.
"FIND ME ONE!!! NOOOOOW!" Misao pulled Soujirou's hair out as she screamed.
Suddenly someone from the forest trees ran out. It was a girl with long, dark blue hair tied in a ponytail. She ran up to them quickly as possible and without any word of introduction, she grabbed Soujirou's hand, "Come with me!"
Before Soujirou can say anything, he ran with her.
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Misao collapsed to the tatami floor and gave a breath of relief, "Boy that was close."
Soujirou, who sat beside her, replied, "I've never been more scared in my life." He wiped a sweat drop off his forehead.
The girl earlier who had came to rescue them was a dweller of this forest in the mountains. She quickly brought them into her home and threw Misao into the bathroom and shut the door. Soujirou and Misao couldn't helped but thank her for her deed.
Now sitting across from Soujirou and Misao, the girl sipped tea as she laughed, "When I heard those screams, I immediately knew what was going on."
Soujirou forgot that they had not introduced themselves yet. "I'm Seta Soujirou and this is Makimachi Misao. I'm very thankful for what you did." He bowed to show respect.
"It was nothing. I do it all the time. My name's Kamiya Kaoru," the girl replied.
Misao sat up, "Wait a minute. What do you mean? You do things like this all the time? Saving people from constipation?" Misao raised an eyebrow. That was quite an occupation.
Kaoru frowned, "It's not like I have a choice. You idiots always come to the mountains and eat those explosion berries and get diarrhea and cry for help."
A vein popped on Misao's head, idiot???
"I have to show them to a facility or else there will be crap all over my mountain," said Kaoru.
"Why do you call them explosion berries?" asked Soujirou.
"Because you explode with constipation after eating them!" said Kaoru.
Soujirou turned to Misao, "You shouldn't have eaten those Misao."
"I...couldn't help it... I was so hungry!"
Suddenly Soujirou's stomached moaned. He smiled sheepishly and blushed, "Yea I starved myself instead of eating those berries."
Kaoru laughed, "I was just about to make dinner! Stay and eat!"
"Can I eat too?" Misao asked?
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