Reader's response:
Kyae Sohma: Shininess is awesome! And happy (belated) birthday! (pushes the seishi of your choice forward holding the cake) Hyper is good.
caspercat22: Yep; I love that too. So idiotic and so funny at the same time…it's a great combination…
Queen of Monkey Magic: o.0 shiny…
"I really think he was overreacting" Seiriko insisted, looking incredulously back in the direction of the bandit base, riding awkwardly on a horse. The only one that was actually riding the damn creatures properly was Kouji. Genrou, despite having grown up in a civilization that relied on horses for transportation, seemed to have an ongoing battle with them, resulting in him being hurled off, kicked, stomped on and other painful things. Seiriko and Kristen simply had the excuse of living in the city and did not have the opportunity to even learn what a saddle was first hand.
"I…really hate you" Kristen muttered to the horse, having flung its arms around its neck in a death grip, which was making the horse struggle with its breathing, much to the grim amusement of Kouji, who wondered how much a new horse would cost and how Haku would react to having one of the bandits' horses dead due to accidental strangulation.
He winced, remembering Haku this morning.
Haku stormed into the room, bags under his eyes, which were bloodshot and he looked as though he had not gotten a wink of sleep.
"…that's it" he said in a deathly whisper, his voice seemingly hoarse, "That's fucking it"
"Haku?" Yui asked timidly.
"I've had enough…with your shouting at birds, squirrels, chipmunks, whatever 'It' is and all that crap you scream about when you wake up or yell at when you're asleep. You four are certainly the death of me" Haku claimed, pointing an accusing finger at the group of four, who had all plastered innocent expressions on their faces, along with the supposedly irresistible puppy-dog eyes.
Unfortunately, it seemed that Haku was so sick of waking up to screams promising death upon all living critters that he managed to resist those eyes. Kristen had gasped, shocked. No one had ever been able to resist puppy-dog eyes! NO ONE!
"You" Haku continued to point the accusing finger, "I don't care where you go, but you're leaving for two weeks and you are not to return here until then. I need some decent sleep, quiet, peace and most of all, my sanity!"
Then he stomped off, "I expect you out of here by noon!"
Kristen and Seiriko looked incredulously at the back of their retreating leader, "Uh…"
"Yeah…" Kouji trailed off, "He's weird isn't he? Yes he is, Kouji; yes he is. I know"
Genrou muttered darkly, "Where the hell are we supposed to go?"
"Well…"
"…no" Genrou interrupted before Kouji could continue.
"But –"
"No"
"Genrou –"
"No"
"At least let me –"
"NO"
"Genrou…" Kouji paused, suddenly realizing that Kristen had clamped her hand over Genrou's mouth, "Thank you Kristen. You're welcome Kouji. No really, you managed to shut him up; it's a miracle. Well…"
"KOUJI!" Seiriko shouted, impatient.
"Oh…yes…well, we could always go to our hometown" Kouji suggested, "We haven't been back there since New Years' and I'm sure Genrou will be happy to see his dear sister, Aidou"
Genrou whimpered, "…log"
"Not to mention Kiang"
"…frills…"
"Li'an"
"…lake…"
"and Pa'Liu"
"…………ah shit" Genrou finished. Seiriko and Kristen snickered at Genrou's comments, assuming that each comment was the scary thing about each sister.
"So what's wrong with Pa'Liu?" Seiriko asked.
"…she has really bad cooking" Genrou exclaimed, trying not to shiver in memory, "Her cooking can kill an army of men" he claimed.
Kristen cast a devious look at Seiriko, who also had a scheming look in her eyes, "Seiriko…"
"Yes?"
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"yes"
"Good"
"Yes…we need to start chopping wood!" Seiriko said happily, obviously thinking of the first sister. Kristen shot her a glare, "NO, not exactly what I was thinking" she said, "…but a good idea anyways!...My idea's better though!"
"What is it?"
"…we take some of her cooking and feed it to It, Miaka, Taka and Zoë; we'll be rid of four terrors of the world"
"We should!" Seiriko grinned, picturing a world without the four abovementioned people…if they could be called people in the first place.
Kouji coughed, "We got your bags from your room while you were scheming"
"You can turn anything into a weapon, can't you?" Genrou deadpanned.
"Do not!"
"Yes you do"
"NOOOOO!"
"Have you forgotten yesterday's raid?"
"You mean when Kristen threatened that guy with an acorn?"
"Yes!"
"I still can't believe he gave us all that money"
"You'd think Haku would keep us after that"
Silence.
"They'd die of boredom after a week" Genrou said decisively.
And half an hour later, they were off.
"Horses are pure evil" Seiriko announced when they stopped at an inn in town for rest, "They should be burnt at the stake instead of witches"
"Be careful what you say around…them" Genrou whispered as they dropped the horses off in the stable, "You never know"
"I'll show you 'never know'" Kristen whispered, "When I kill the guy who thought of riding a horse as easier…I mean, why not something that isn't evil…like a wolf, or a tiger, or even a cow"
"A cow?" Kouji asked.
"Yes. A cow"
"Why a cow?"
"I dunno…"
They walked into the inn, arguing the entire time until they got to the rooms where they separated, although Seiriko and Kristen continued to argue with the guys through the wall. The inn manager was not pleased when he got several complaints.
"We're here…" Genrou said glumly.
"Really?"
"Yeah…right down there, at the base of the mountain" Genrou pointed at the small town below them.
"Seiriko?"
"Yes Kristen?"
"Are the logs ready?"
"Yes – erm…I mean, what logs?"
Genrou growled, "Logs? LOGS!"
Kristen gulped, "Uh-oh"
"Well, there's only one thing to do at this moment"
"What's that?"
"Run away from Fang boy of course!"
Seiriko took off with Kristen right behind her, both going at a remarkable pace, due to the fact that Genrou was right behind them, yelling, "DON'T CALL ME FANG BOY!"…and the fact that the path was going downhill of course.
Just as Genrou caught up to them, there was a shout of, "IDIOT!" and…a log went flying into Genrou's face.
...i don't think i need to really tell you to guess who THAT was...
...it's kinda obvious...
