'I thought the news said the last sighting of the unicorn was around here…'
"Maybe it already left," said Dark, flying around and shrugging (which is probably rather difficult to do both).
'Hey, it's Risa and Riku's house!'
"How do you know that?"
'Know what? I didn't say anything. Nothing at all.'
"Stalker gene…" Dark said in a sing-song voice.
'Pardon?'
"Never mind, only the readers get it…"
Pedal noise, pedal noise, pedal noise…
Riku was desperately pedaling after the way she'd seen the unicorn, but even before she was stopped by a huge lake she'd realized she'd lost her.
"Crud. Thank goodness I didn't watch that stupid Spanish unicorn show," Riku growled through gritted teeth.
Whoosh! Riku looked up.
"Hey, that looked like a giant bird!" Riku said, taking a fork out of her pocket and throwing it at the flying thing (hey, it needed some random…). The fork flew up about three feet, and then sunk into the water.
"Now what the heck am I supposed to do?" Riku shouted to no one in particular.
"Perhaps I can help."
Riku turned around to a voice.
A very cool voice.
"Hey, you're Satoshi! The really popular guy!" Riku said, getting off her bike.
"Indeed. And you are…?" Satoshi asked, pretending like he was trying to remember.
"R… Ri… Ri…" Riku paused, waiting for him to finish it for her.
"Risa?"
"Try again. That's my sister," Riku answered, annoyed under the circumstances. Her sister was captured and the most popular guy couldn't remember her name out of all the ones he could remember. Hers and Takeshi's. "My name is Riku. Like the guy from the Kingdom Hearts."
"Oh, indeed. Sorry, you're a twin, so I must have mixed you up," Satoshi replied.
Riku glared. "Nice cover up, smart one. In case you haven't noticed, my sister and I look nothing alike. Comprende?"
"What are you doing on my private beach?" Satoshi asked, changing the subject quickly. He's still three C's.
Riku was looking totally un-three C's and sweat dropped as she said, "P-P-Private Beach?! I'm trespassing?! I'm a trespassinger?!"
"I guess it's too dark to see the eighteen signs that say, 'Private Beach, Don't Enter'."
"Oh, um… Sorry," Riku muttered, embarrassed.
"It's okay. I got locked out of my house, so I'm kind of bored." Oh, two C's. He lost the cool.
"Hey, by any chance did you see that unicorn around here?" Riku asked, ignoring how strange that sounded. "I've been trying to find it for hours. It kind of took Risa… you know, the sister you actually remember the name of."
"Do I detect a hint of jealousy?"
"Do I detect a hint of wanting to be punched in the face…ness?"
"I haven't seen the unicorn anywhere," Satoshi said, deciding from now on he would keep on subject so he could get away from this creepy girl faster. "But I'm sorry it took your sister."
"Do you think it'll eat her?"
"Beg your pardon?"
"I dunno…" Risa shrugged. "Do you think you could help me get it though?"
"How?" Satoshi asked, wondering where she was going with this.
"Well, you always seemed like the kind of person who would own a boat."
"…"
"Can we puh-lease go back home now? We've been looking for hours!" Dark complained.
'Calm down, it's probably around this lake somewhere…In a secret cove or something. They always hide girls in secret coves in movies.'
"Well, this isn't a movie. I wanna go home."
'Stop complaining already! Hey, what's that?'
"I don't see anything…"
'Oh, yes you do. That looks a lot like a secret cove to me. I find that suspicious. Let's check it out.'
"Okay, okay…"
"Are you sure the only boat you own is an eight story yacht? And is it even legal to drive this on a lake? It's probably as big as half of it!" Riku shouted over the sound of the waves.
"Do you want to save your sister or not?"
"Well… yeah."
"Then I suppose we'll just have to break a few laws," Satoshi said, pushing the throttle full speed ahead. If, that is, boats have throttles. It would be really fun to floor it on a yacht… anyway…
"Hey, I really have to thank you for this, BTW," said Riku. "I barely know you and you're breaking a law that could possibly fine you thousands of dollars to rescue my sister. I dig that. Maybe it would be cooler if we never forgot each other's names."
"Okay, Rita."
"It's Riku."
"Close enough."
Riku glared menacingly at the water, but did not yell at him because of his hospitality.
'You're not just doing this for her, are you?' said Krad.
'Uh… no', Satoshi thought back.
'You're doing this for us.'
'Wrong. I'm doing this for me.'
'I thought you said I could help!'
Satoshi growled. 'Wanna know how you can help right now?'
'YEAH, so totally!'
'Shut up.'
'…You're mean.'
'I don't care.'
Suddenly, Satoshi thought he saw something out at lake (I'm tempted to say out at sea). It was a dark covey shape.
'That's suspicious… I'll bet the unicorn's there. Unicorn's always hide little girls in coves in the movies. I'd better thank that ominous girl for the help before leaving her.'
'You're just going to leave her here? On an illegal boat in the middle of a lake? And what movie are we talking about?'
'You. Get with the shutting up. And since when do you care about others?'
"Hey, listen; I'll be right back, okay?" Satoshi said to Riku. Riku stared at him in horror.
"Where could you possibly be going when we're in the middle of a lake?" she asked loudly, throwing out her arms.
"Just… somewhere. Um, look... a rare... species of... bird," Satoshi shouted, pointing behind her.
Riku blinked. "I'm not stupid. That was, however."
"Fine, that cave might have your sister in it and I'm going to check it out."
"Wha-? How?!"
"… A life boat."
"So you're just leaving me on the yacht?!" Riku shouted.
"It's easy to drive a yacht! It's like… riding a bike, only with more buttons. Okay? Okay, see ya."
Satoshi jumped off into the life boat.
"I am so calling the police!" Riku yelled, pulling out her cell phone. But before she dialed, she considered the circumstances again. "… I wonder if this yacht has a pool."
Daisuke and Dark entered the cave. This was indeed where the unicorns were keeping the girls. The only girl under seven that wasn't there was Takeshi's little sister, to Daisuke's surprise. The two were also surprised to see Risa curled up in the corner gnawing on a piece of bread. It was a little too early for her to be dramatic, but hey, it's Risa, you gotta expect this.
"Dark! You've come to save us! This is just a like a movie!" Risa mega-squealed.
'Am I the only one who doesn't think this is like a movie?' Dark thought to himself.
"Dark, you have to get us out of here!" Risa said, faking desperateness. "Who knows why the unicorn brought us to this secret cove, but I sure don't want to find out!"
Cue flash of lightning! Resounding thunder! Mysterious figure!
"We meet again, Dark!" Evil laugh! "Mwa, ha, ha! But this time, the advantage is mine!"
"Ooh, Dark, is that your ARCH NEMESIS?! This reminds me of Ash and Gary! So cool!" Risa hugged Dark. "Protect me!"
Cue dramatic pause! Fade out into blackness!
Um... to be continued?
And is anyone bothered by the excessive use of the italicize button? I hope not.
