Disclaimer: See previous chapters, this is getting annoying.
Note: Well I got quite some positive reviews regarding my last chapter, truth is I didn't expect it, thanks anyway. About that question, only one person got the right answer to my question in my previous chapter, I expected more, sighs, never mind. Anything in () means thoughts and brings us in and out of flash backs, so let's go.
The JourneyEarly February, at Aoi island.
The silence remain among the three as they continued to stare at each other, until finally Sarah broke the silence.
"Keitaro you dork! I can't believe you've been here all this time, we thought you were dead!" Sarah yelled with a scowl on her face pointing an accusing finger at him.
"Excuse me, do I know you?" Tadayoi asked confused.
"What do you mean "Do I know you?" don't play dumb, it's me Sarah!" she pointed to herself.
"Err… I'm sorry I don't think I've ever met you before." He shook his head in regret.
"Yeah right! You expect me to believe that! Take this…" she lifted her clay disk above her head she was about to throw the disk but was stopped by Seta lifting her off her feet.
"Sarah stop." He carried her off to one side and lowered himself to her level, " Sarah we don't know if that is Keitaro or not." They look back at Tadayoi, who in turns look back at them confused.
"Papa look at him, he looks like him, talks like him and just as dorky as him, so it's got to be him!" Sarah protested.
"But Sarah, look at his eyes they're green and he isn't wearing glasses." They turned back to him again, only now Reiko is with him and they were talking.
"Hey Tadayoi-kun, what's up with them?" she asked him
"I don't know, but I think they got me mixed up with someone else, they think I look like this guy they know."
"Really?" her curiosity rising, she eyed the 2 strangers.
"There's no way this could be a coincidence." Sarah pouted.
"Alright, but we should make sure." Seta stood up and walked towards Reiko and Tadayoi closely followed by Sarah. " Say, young man what's your name?" he asked Tadayoi with a smile.
Tadayoi was about to answer but was stopped by Reiko, "Why do you want to know?" she asked him her suspicions rising more and more.
"Well, I just like to know. Ha ha." He scratched the back of his head, a sweat drop forming on his head, (" Wow. What's up with her?")
"Fine. He's Kane Tadayoi and I'm his wife Reiko."
"What!!!" Tadayoi practically screamed out, his eyes as wide as saucers, "Reiko… wha… what are you doing, I mean saying?" he asked her his face all red.
She pulled him to one side, "Listen, I think he's some con artist trying to cheat you."
"What?"
"I mean everyone on the island knows about your condition, he probably knows about it too from the islanders and is trying to take advantage of that."
"Maybe. Now that I look at him I don't think I've ever seen him on the island before."
"Tadayoi-kun it's obvious that he isn't from this island." they turn to face him, "And besides don't you think he's a bit weird? And most importantly he didn't say anything when I said I was your wife, so he's definitely not from this island."
"Yeah, your right. But what do we do, he seems interested in me."
"Don't worry, let me handle it." She headed towards Seta and signalled for Tadayoi to follow, " Well Mr?" she trailed of searching for a name.
"It's Seta and I guess you already know Sarah. So you two are married?"
"Yes, we're newly weds just came back from our honeymoon last week." she told him a blush on her face.
"Really? Congratulations."
"Thank you. But why are you so interested in my husband?"
"Well it's just that he looks like someone I know who's gone missing."
"Really?" she asked something dawned upon her, "Hey Tadayoi-kun don't you need to tend to the kitchen?" she turned to him.
"Well… I…" he saw her wink at him, "Oh, yeah I do. Well see ya, it was nice meeting you Seta-san." He waved as he walked off.
"Hey wait." Seta tried to stop him but Reiko stepped in front of him.
"It's OK you can talk to me."
"Well… OK, I just want to ask some questions about him."
"Like what?"
"Like how long he's been on this island."
"Oh that he's been on this island for quite some time now…oh would you look at the time, it's time for us to close." She ushered them out of the restaurant.
"But the time table says…"
"We need to fix the toilets." She threw them out and shut the doors on them. She leaned on the door, "Phew that was close." ("They weren't from this island, they were after Tadayoi-kun, and do they really know him? I won't risk it.") She shook her head, (" I won't let them lead Tadayoi-kun like a sheep unless they have proof. But what if they do? No!") She shook her head violently and began to stroke a locket beneath her shirt.
Flash back to morning of date
Kane family house
"Oh God! Of all days to wake up late, it had to be today!" Reiko complained as she jumped up and down in her room trying to put her jeans on, after a few thuds and thumps she finally succeeded, "There done…" she hesitated for a moment a puzzle look on her face, "I forgot something… but what?" she stroked her neck unintentionally and realized what she was missing, "My locket." She looked around her room and began to rummage through one of her many piles of cloths scattered on the floor, "Ah here it is." She pulled her hand out from the pile and in her hand was a locket. Inspecting the locket she was satisfied that it was perfect, with a flick of her thumb she opened the locket to reveal a small picture in it, the picture showed 3 people, a child being held by a woman and a man with his arm around her, they were standing in front of the restaurant, all of them were smiling, "Mum, Dad you don't have to worry about me any more, I've finally found someone to care for." She stared at the picture her expression reflected her sadness, "And Dad you would've liked him, he's just like you, caring, kind and that clumsiness too." She laughed at the last comment, "I wish that you both could've meet him, he really is sweet." She gave a smile and kissed the locket, "I still miss you both." Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Reiko-chan! Tadayoi-kun's waiting, but he's too polite to complain that your late." Granddad said through the door.
"Yeah I'm coming." She put her locket on, tucking it underneath her shirt she opened the door. "I'm ready."
Present day
"Reiko-chan are you OK?" Tadayoi asked appearing from nowhere.
"What? Oh It's nothing! Really!" she panicked.
"You just seemed concerned," he placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her.
She stared into his eyes and blushed, she leaned towards him, wrapping her arms around him, her head resting on his shoulder enjoying his warmth.
"Nothing. It was nothing really." She said snuggling against him.
"Come on, what did he ask you?" he asked stroking her head.
"No." she pouted
"Please."
"No!" she replied more firmly.
"Fine." He said defeated, he put an arm around her, "What happen to those two people that we were talking to?"
"Oh, nothing. They just asked about something."
"Like what?"
"Like I said, nothing."
"Ok then, why have you locked the doors?" he stared at the doors.
"We need to fix the toilets." She let go of him and stepped back.
"What?"
"Just go." She waved him off.
"Er… OK." He headed for the toilets, ("Was there anything wrong with them before?")
(" That's it, I won't let anyone take him away, and I MEAN IT.") Reiko thought to herself, (" I gotta be more careful from now on.")
Outside the restaurant
"That was rather abrupt." Seta said as he got up and dusted himself off.
"I say she's hiding something." Sarah replied picking herself up, dusting the dust from her hair.
"I don't know, but they sure are a cute couple." He laughed.
"Papa…they aren't married." Sarah stared at him, she couldn't believe that her foster father was that gullible.
"Really? I could've sworn that they were." he laughed again.
Again she stares at him in disbelief, "Don't you think we should tell them back at Hinata Sou?"
"Maybe later."
"Why?"
"Well the exams are on, aren't they?" he looked at her and saw her nod, " Well Naru seemed pretty down when we last saw her, so I think it's best that she doesn't have any distractions for now so she can focus on her exams."
"But we should tell them."
"We're still not sure. But you are right we should tell them, but not now."
"Then when?"
"Maybe in a week or 2's time, after the exams and when the results come out."
"Yeah, sounds OK to me." She placed her hands behind her head.
"But for now, we go excavating!"
2 weeks later, mid-February at Hinata Sou
Having just received her results it seemed that Naru had just barely past her exams and avoid being get kicked out by Toudai, everyone was shocked by this and yet expected this because of what she went through. This said person was now currently sitting in the living room flicking through the channels stopping at no channel in particular, she was like a zombie in other words.
"Naru-chan. You can't keep doing this to yourself." Kitsune said in a sympathetic tone to her friend. But Naru ignored her. "You should cheer up, I mean you did pass your exams, unlike Motoko." As she finished her last sentence she frantically looked around to see if she was around, because she knows clear well that if Motoko caught her talking behind her back she'll lose her head, seeing that she wasn't around she relaxed, "Well as we're on the topic, do you know why she went for Toudai anyway?"
"I don't need to give my reasons." Came a reply from behind Kitsune.
Kitsune froze in place knowing exactly well who was behind her, she slowly turned around to see Motoko, "Hi." She squeaked.
"Don't worry I hold no malice, truth is I did fail and that is the truth." She replied calmly.
"Eh?" was Kitsune's reply, "I mean just a few days ago you were training non stop."
"Yes. That was because I needed to think." She paused, "And I decided to try again next year, at least that's what he would've done." She stared at the floor.
"Yeah." Kitsune turned to her friend on the couch, "I wish we could do something for her though."
"We can't, only he can."
"Yeah. Has Su found anything yet?"
"No. Still nothing." Motoko shook her head, "As a matter of fact I think she's given up." She whispered to Kitsune.
"Really? But it doesn't look good does it? I mean 9 months and nothing." She stroked her chin. Just then the phone rang. "I'll get it."
"Hello. Hinata Sou." She answered
"Hi! Kitsune is that you." came a cheery voice through the other end of the receiver.
"Hey Seta! How's Sarah and the excavation coming."
"It's great we've dug up a great deal of artefacts and I can't wait to show you all, but that's not why I called." He paused
"Then why?" she asked rather curious.
"It's about Keitaro, I think I know where he is, but I'm not too sure."
"You found Keitaro??!!" Kitsune yelled through the receiver. Upon hearing this Naru immediately perked up and rushed towards the phone. "Then where…Argh!" Naru shoved her aside causing her to go crashing through a wall smoke coming from her, Motoko went over to examine her to see if she was OK.
"Seta-san is that you!? You've found Keitaro?! Where?!" She practically yelled at the receiver.
"Hey Naru calm down. How were your exams?"
"Never mind that, you said you found Keitaro?" she asked eager for an answer, in the background Kitsune finally got up.
"Well yeah, but…"
"Where?"
"On the island I'm excavating, you know Aoi Island, just 150 miles SE of where you are, but like I said I think…"
"Thanks Seta-san!" she said cheerfully then she placed the receiver down.
"No wait, he's…" she hung up on him.
"Naru-chan what did he say?" Kitsune asked her whilst she rubbed her mysteriously bandaged head.
"He said he found Keitaro on Aoi Island 150 miles SE from here." She answered as she rushed upstairs.
"How?" she shouted after her.
"I don't know and I don't care!" she yelled from upstairs as sounds can be heard from her room.
"What are you going?" she stopped as she saw the suitcase in her friends hand, "You can't be serious? Your going?" she was shocked, "We don't even know if it's real or not."
"I don't care."
"Alright but at least let us wait until everyone's here so that we can tell them the news."
"But…"
"Naru-senpai, please. We're all concerned for him as well, but let's not rush things." Motoko pleaded.
After several moments of hesitation she spoke, "Alright, you're right." She placed her suitcase down and sat on the couch.
"Kitsune-san, do you think this is wise, I mean we don't have a lot of proof and even if so how did Urashima end up on a island 150 miles from Japan?" Motoko whispered to her.
"I know, but look at her. We haven't seen her like this for months, I know we might be setting her up for a fall, but it's worth a try." She whispered back. "Well at least we a get a holiday out of this."
"But I'm not too sure."
"Don't worry about it."
(" Keitaro. Please be there. I said I'll find you and I will.") Naru thought to herself as she tapped her fingers against the table impatiently, hoping that everyone will get back soon. (" I WILL find you!")
At Aoi Island, Kane family house.
Tadayoi shivered as a cold chill ran down his spine.
"Tadayoi-kun what's wrong?" Reiko asked as she turned away from the TV to face him.
"Oh nothing, there was a cold chill running down my spine, like a bad omen or something." He shrugged his shoulders and resumed going through his card collection in his folder, he stopped at one in particular and took it out.
"Sighs, I know it's cold isn't it?" she moved towards him, "Whacha looking at?"
"My favourite card." He smiled looking at the card, it was red with a picture of a red serpent like dragon on it and its name was in gold on the top, on the bottom there were 2 sets of x0000s, the top was the word for God in Japanese. "My best and rarest card, never've been beaten." He continued to stare at the card with a somewhat demented grin.
"God, it's just a card." He face became neutral, she placed her hands on his shoulders and placed her cheek against his, "And besides, if it's unbeatable, how come I beat it 3 times in a row?"
"Do you have to rub it in?" he quickly turned his head and accidentally bumped his head against hers, causing her to fall on her rear.
"Ow!" they both moaned as they rubbed their heads.
"Heh heh you OK?" she asked him, "Hey how about a game afterwards, just to prove me wrong?" she smirked.
"You're on." He placed the card back in to his folder, "After we study of course."
"What? Again?" she moaned and pouted, "But the exams are over, and we both passed with flying colours! And it's so damn boring!" He contemplated this for a minute.
"Yeah, we do deserve to relax." He saw her smile, "But…" she frowned, "We should keep on top of things, no need to get sloppy, it's better to be safe than sorry." Her shoulders slumped and hung her head in disappointment and annoyance. "Fine. Just a light study session, we'll go over where we went wrong on the exam paper."
"Yay! I'll go get my stuff." She got up and tried to walk past him but tripped on a cable, she fell forwards towards Tadayoi, he closed his eyes and tensed himself bracing for the impact.
Thud!
Slowly he opened his eyes and saw that Reiko's face was only mere inches from his own, after a while his mind finally figured out what was going on.
(" OK let's see, 1: Reiko-chan is lying on top of me, 2: Reiko-chan's face is mere inches from my own, 3: Her chest is touching mine…. Her chest is touching mine!! Oh my God!!") His face blushed a bright red as the blood threatened to gush out from his nose. "Reiko-chan! I'm so sorry, I'll get off now!" he squirmed and try to wriggle free but Reiko stopped him by placing the palms of her hands in to his shoulder joints.
"Tadayoi-kun, it wasn't your fault." She whispered into his ear, "And besides," she moved her face in front of his, "I'm on top…unlike last time, remember." She licked her lips and moved closer towards him. Meanwhile Tadayoi just lay there virtually frozen as his brain fried processing the information of the situation that was going on. Her lips were virtually just a hair's width away from his, just then a noise came from the door which caused him to look in that direction…Reiko missed her mark and kissed him on the cheek instead.
"I'm home!" Granddad shouted as he opened the front door, as he entered the living room he saw the two young adults in compromising positions. "Oh? I see…" he grinned, "Was I interrupting?"
"Granddad it's not what you think!" He protested whilst still under Reiko.
"Hmm… you two sure are promiscuous, I wonder if it's safe to leave the two of you alone at night." He joked and gave him a suggestive grin.
"No! It's not like that!" he protested frantically " You can ask Reiko-chan, right Reiko-chan?" He got no response from the girl, this worried him, "Reiko-chan?" He faced her and saw an irritated face. "You OK?"
Slowly she got up, a vein throbbing on her head. "Granddad do you do this on purpose?" she walked towards the table.
"Er…Reiko-chan." Tadayoi said somewhat concerned.
"You spoiled another PERFECT moment!" she shouted as she lifted the table above her head in a fit of rage.
"Ah! Reiko-chan calm down!" he persuaded her to calm down.
"Yes Reiko-chan, please calm down." Granddad placed his hands out in front of him as he slowly backed away. "Be reasonable, I didn't know."
"Ahhhhh!!!" She tossed the table out of the window, the two males immediately ran for cover. "Haa…haa…haa." She took deep breaths and finally stormed out to her room.
Appearing from underneath the upturned couch Tadayoi looked around to see if it was safe, "Phew." He wiped his forehead, "the coast is clear."
"I'm sorry about that." Granddad said as he got up.
"Eh…it's OK I guess." Tadayoi rubbed the back of head and surveyed the destruction, "Wow, I've got a lot of cleaning to do." (" But strangely enough, this doesn't seem so bad, I get the feeling that I've seen worst. But where?")
"Sighs… I wish Reiko-chan wasn't such a slave to her hormones, I think I'll need to improve our mental training." Granddad suggested.
"Ha ha… yeah." Tadayoi laughed nervously, he went over to the closet.
"I hope I wasn't interrupting anything." Granddad said calmly as he dusted himself.
"What! It's not like that…we…I just…she and I…" he failed his arms about frantically trying to explain but to no avail.
"Hmm…I see." He stroked his beard, he nodded his head slowly and then walked off.
"What was that all about?" Tadayoi asked himself, " Well I guess I better start cleaning." He picked up a broom and dustpan and stared cleaning the rubble.
At Hinata airport
When the remaining girls heard about the news about their manager they all gathered their belongings and went straight to the airport, everything was done and now they were at the checkpoints in front of their flight's gate.
"Wow! I can't believe Haruka-san got these tickets!" Kitsune said as she went past checkpoint 1.
"Yes, but it's such a shame she can't come, right Naru-senpai?" Shinobu asked as she went past checkpoint 2.
"…" Naru gave no response as she went past checkpoint 3.
"Miss, I can't let you takes these on board." The attendant said to Su at checkpoint 1.
"But my bananas!" Su wined as she clung on to her suitcase of bananas, "My bananas, mine!"
"Please miss, it's regarding our policy not to let fruits and vegetables to leave the country." The attendant pleaded, "Miss would you please help?" he asked Motoko.
"Yes, Su please you can't take them on board. I'm sure they have bananas on board." She tried to pry Su from her suitcase.
"Oh, by the way miss we can't let you take that on board." He pointed to her sword.
"What? I will not let you take my sword." She readied herself for battle.
"Please miss." He backed off slowly but indicated for some men to come over. "Let's talk about this."
"Would you 2 please come with us?" 1of the 4 men said to Su and Motoko as they appeared behind them and placed a hand on Motoko's shoulder.
"Get you hand off me!" she threw his hand off her shoulder and attacked him with her sword.
" More security at checkpoint 1! We have a disturbance, situation R1!" the attendant yelled on the PA.
"Motoko-chan calm down!" Kitsune yelled as Naru and Shinobu try to calm her down. "Oh no!" she saw a well-armed security squad head their way. Quickly the squad surrounded the girls, Motoko would've attacked if it weren't for Shinobu and Naru restraining her. "Hey boys! Let's talk this over." She pleaded with them.
"Arrest them!" one of the helmeted men said as he pointed his baton at them.
"Oh no! We have no choice! Su initiate plan T!"
"Rogera!" Su saluted and took a remote from her suitcase and pressed the big red button.
A high-pitched whining noise could be heard from outside and a massive object could be seen, soon the object came to view, it was a large mechanical flying turtle (A.K.A. Mecha Tama, the latest model) of some sort with 2 pairs of turbines, soon it crashed through the windows of the airport.
"Ahhh!! Massive turtle!!!" Motoko screamed as she quickly passed out. The massive turtle opened its mouth.
"Quickly! Everyone get in!" Kitsune signalled them to get in as Su distracted the security squad with smoke bombs projected by the massive turtle. Quickly Shinobu got on with Naru following closely with Motoko on her back, and as soon as Su got on the massive turtle, it closed its mouth and backed up into the skies.
Back at Hinata Sou
"This is great." Kitsune said sarcastically as she plopped down on the couch.
"Well, it's better than being arrested." Naru said as she stared at the floor disappointed.
"Everyone look at the TV." Shinobu called out as she turned up the volume of the TV and everyone gathered around the TV.
"Due to the recent events on Hinata airport, gates 1 to 4 are inoperable therefore all flights are suspended until further notice." The newsman on the TV said.
"Great, we can't get anywhere!" Kitsune said.
"The airport security was not able to ID the suspects as they escaped too swiftly, any information about them is much appreciated, please call this number on screen."
"What?" The girls said in unison as they moved closer.
"So we're wanted criminals?" Shinobu asked rubbing her tear filled eyes.
"Yes and for now it's best if we're not seen until this is all over. But how will we travel about then?" Motoko enquired.
"There's only one option left…" Kitsune turned to Su, "Su. Have you made the necessary upgrades to Mecha-tama."
"Rogera" she stood up proudly. "Mecha-tama V is ready for take off!"
"Good…" Kitsune turned so that her back faced them she was silent, which made Naru worry.
"Er…Kitsune-chan, what are you planning?" Naru asked.
She turned to face her and there was a glint in her eyes as she gave a wicked smile.
"No." Motoko and Naru said in unison as they knew what she was planning. A thunderstorm suddenly appeared above Hinata Sou as if a sign of what's to come.
At Aoi Island Kane restaurant
"Yawns… it's been such a slow day." Reiko complained as she finished off her drink.
"It has, hasn't it?" the waitress said.
"Sighs." Reiko slumped on the table.
"So… how was the date?"
Reiko sat up and faced her with a annoyed expression, " Saki-chan, your being rather noisy."
"Sorry, I guess I shouldn't pry." She said quietly.
"No I'm sorry, it's just that it was great."
"Then what?"
"That's it! It was a great date… I should've kissed him." She slumped on the table again.
"Oh…" she stared at her, as she looked up she saw a old woman with a child come in, "I'll go greet the customers." She said as she got up.
"Hello. Welcome to Kane family restaurant, how many will it be?" she greeted the old woman.
"3, my daughter will be here soon." The old woman replied.
"Grandma, when's mommy coming? I'm hungry." The little girl tugged on her arm.
"Soon." She replied.
"This way please." Saki led them to a table.
"I'm soooo bored." Reiko complained still slumped on the table. Thunder clasped in the air causing her to look outside, dark clouds were swirling in the skies above, "Seems like a heavy storm is coming, I think we'll close early and then batten down the place." She got up and headed for the kitchen. (" I sure hope no one is flying in this weather, they're insane if they are.")
Up in the skies above the North Pacific Ocean
A giant mechanic turtle is seen soaring above the violent storm.
"Su when will we get there?" Naru asked the pilot.
"If we remain at our current velocity and take in account of our landing then…" she adjusted her visor/goggles and started typing in some commands on the keyboard, "In about 1 more hour."
"That long? But it's so cramped." Naru looked back into the cockpit where all the girls had to huddle together in the cramped space.
"Well Mecha-tama V was only designed to be a carrier for Mecha-tama combat suits so that they can be deployed from the air. So only a pilot and co-pilot is needed, that space your using is just space that happened to be there." She pointed her thumb to the back.
"If it's a carrier why can't we use the space below?"
"Because there's no seats down there and you'll all go rocking back and forth, and because it's loaded with my Mecha-tama combat suits."
"…Su what does the V stand for?" Naru asked as she looked at the label.
"Vertigo."
"What?" Naru turned to face her.
"This is the prototype, but don't worry this is my best yet, heh heh a new weapon against the turtle army." She grinned, "Hang on we're going in." she moved the joystick forward.
"But Su there's a storm down there, don't you think it dangerous?" Naru hung on to something for support.
"Don't worry Mecha-tama V is built with the latest alloy, rust-proof, stain-proof and anything else you name." She said rather confidently.
"Is it lightning-proof?"
"…" Su removed her visor/goggles and faced her, she gave a wide smile, "I knew I forgot something." A bolt of lightning hit the craft and all the systems went berserk, on the main display it showed a skull and cross bone with the words " System failure!" flashing underneath. "Everyone brace for impact!"
"Argh!!" everyone screamed holding on for dear life as the craft spiralled down towards the island.
3 hours later in Jigoku desert
Having survived the crash the girls decided it was best to set up camp so that repairs can be done and besides it was getting dark, they were right now sitting around a fire having their dinner, they were safe from the desert winds as they were sitting within a rock formation/crater caused by their landing.
"I can't believe that we survived." Naru said as she dug in to her plate.
"Yes, it was rather fortunate of us." Motoko replied taking a sip of her tea.
"But when can we leave?" Shinobu asked as she handed Kitsune a plate.
"Not until the repairs are done and certainly not at night." Motoko replied sternly, "It can be very dangerous to travel at night in the middle of a desert."
"Hmm, true. Hey Su when are the repairs done?" Naru asked Su who was now on her forth plate.
"Mmmm, good. Can I get fifths?" Su handed her empty plate to Shinobu.
"Er…sure." Shinobu took the plate from her hand.
"Su!" Naru shouted, "When will the repairs be done?"
"Oh that." She rubbed her chin, "Well the leftmost engine took a massive electric flux causing the circuitry to blow, so I can't repair it with the tools I have now, I've already taken apart 5 of the Mecha-tama suits on board for the parts for the other damaged areas… it won't be perfect but we'll be mobile before dawn I guess." Su took the plate from Shinobu's hand and began eating, again.
"That's great!" Naru exclaimed.
"Indeed." Motoko agreed.
"We're almost there." Shinobu cheered as she clasped her hands together.
"Yeah…hey what's that noise?" Kitsune asked. All the girls heard it too, it was the sound of beeping.
"It's my radar!" Su took looked in her pocket and took out the radar, her faced turned to horror, "We're surrounded!" she shouted.
"By what?" Motoko asked readying herself for battle. The answer came to her as thousand of glowing eyes became visible in the darkness around the rock formation/crater she dropped her sword in terror as she realised who the eyes belong to. "Turtles!!" She screamed. Slowly the massive turtles began to close in on the girls.
"What are they going to do?" Naru asked as the girls all backed up against each other.
"Myah…" the turtles said in unison as they stopped in front of them and bowed their heads.
The girls were completely shocked at the recent turn of events.
"Myah…" the turtles said again in unison.
"What… are they doing?" Naru asked.
End of chapter 6
Notes: I know the chapter seems to be a bit lacking but I'm in the middle of my exams so… ok I know excuses, anyway I put the answer to my question in the fic and did anyone spot the guest appearance, she was the same waitress Reiko was talking to in the previous chapter, other than that I don't have much to say but the girls will finally meet with Tadayoi and Reiko in the next chapter, heh heh what fun it'll be. Well I finally got the ending sorted a few more chapters or so and I'm done, well keep reading. R+R