In a dream (My sequel to Samurai Troopers) Chapter 8
By: Mia Dorothy Rain Sanada Winner Kasshu
Disclaimer: I don't own most of the characters that are in this story. Like, Mariko, all of the original Samurai Trooper characters, and Sora and Yolei. But I do own the rest of the characters. Anything else in the story will be disclaimed at the end.
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"Hey, are you guys okay? And who is the little fella in the other room?" I woke up to see Toma in my face.
"Get outta my face. I'm fine, and his name is Kinston, K.T. for short." I explained.
"Need some Tylenol?" Naste asked from behind.
"Yes, thank you." I thanked as she handed me two pills and a small glass of water. Then I turned back to Toma, "How's Ryo?"
"He's fine. He woke up a few hours ago, but I'm thinkin he's back asleep." Toma told me.
"That's great." I sighed.
"It's amazing that you saved yourself from fallin to ya death, how'd ya pull it off?" Toma asked me.
"I pulled a Seiji." I simply put it.
"Wha?" Toma asked, confused.
"I was falling with my head to the ground, and forced myself to flip over, like Seiji can do." I explained.
"Oh, I see. Clever of ya!" Toma smiled as he slapped my shoulder. I winced in pain causing Toma to remove his hand and apologize. I smiled, and lied back on my pillow. "I know Ryo would like to see ya righ now." Toma sighed.
"I know. Where's Sora?" I asked.
"Sleeping. She was in the same pain as you were."
"Really?"
"Yeah, remember, all of ya are on the same track on physical feelin's."
"Oh, I forgot."
"Yeah, but Yolei seemed to take the worst outta it. We had to take her to the ER."
"Nani?!"
"Yeah. She was in pretty bad shape. But don' worry, Shu's there wit her."
"Oh, I hope she's okay."
"Last word from Shu was tha she was sleepin peacefully, an no one was to disturb her."
"So, she's gonna be released soon?"
"Yeah, as soon as she wakes up."
"Oh, that's good."
"Poor Shu. He caugh her afta you had been taken away, an then he said he couldn' get her up. He was so worried, we thought that if somethin happened to her, then we probably would neva get Shu outta depression."
"Yeah, he sure likes her."
"Yeah." Toma sighed.
"Hey, is she awake?" A familiar voice came from behind.
"Ryo!" I exclaimed as I sat up to face him.
"Yo, Ry! You're not supposed to be up!" Toma exclaimed.
"I know, but I couldn't get back to sleep." Ryo admitted.
"Oh, I forgot to ask, how's the other girls?" I wondered.
"They're fine. Seiji is with Haven, trying to heal her, Sora's asleep, Yolei's in the hospital, Shin's teachin Mariko how to cook as good as he does, and you're here." Toma explained.
"How did Mariko get so well? Wasn't she hurt?" Ryo asked.
"Yeah, but not as bad, she healed pretty quickly." Toma explained.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah, she's almost as stubborn as he is. But she's as adorable as he is, too." Toma admitted.
"The two are perfect for each other." Ryo muttered.
"That's a good thing though. I mean, Shin really needs someone." I sighed.
"'Lana, quit daydreamin!" Toma exclaimed.
"I'm not!" I disagreed.
"Really, now?" Ryo smirked.
"Shuddup!" I shouted.
"Hey, Toma, why don't you go check on your lady?" Ryo asked.
"Why, do you two wanna be alone?" Toma smirked.
"Do it Toma." Ryo threatened.
"Fine." Toma sighed and left the room.
"Ya know, it's hard to believe that I used to hate him." I sighed.
"That was only a few weeks ago." Ryo told me.
"I know. How long had we been unconscious?" I asked.
"I think a few weeks. School's back in session, so we have to go back." Ryo sighed.
"Ow, my legs, my legs!" I faked pain and held my legs.
He laughed, "Cute, but not good enough for Naste." He scolded.
I stuck my tongue out at him, "Fine." I huffed.
"You're impossible." Ryo sighed.
"Is the sky still blood red?"
"Yeah. But people, I'm guessing, have lived with it, and began to live with it. But whatever it means, we'll find out sooner or later."
"I know. Naste and that Doc haven't figured it out yet?"
"No, not that I know of."
"That's a shame."
"What do you mean?"
"If Naste or that Doc, what's his name?"
"Dashiki."
"Right, if they haven't discovered anything by now, what are we gonna do? I mean, something could powering up and we could be able to stop it now, but without anything proving what I say is right, we can't do a thing."
"I know, I wanna be able to do something as well, but what can we do?"
"Good question."
"I don't have enough strength to walk downstairs at the moment, so what can we do?"
"Unfortunately, wait."
"That's not my strongest ability."
"Not mine either, but it's what we're gonna hafta do. You think, the other Troopers and Sisters are in the same position as we are. The enemy could be waiting for all of us to heal, then attack."
"Then why didn't they heal us by now?"
"I don't know, Ryo!"
"Gomenasi, I didn't mean to sound mad or anything."
"It's alright. Why don't you sit down right there?"
"Okay." He sighed as he sat down.
"Hey, need some company?" Naste asked.
"Hey, girl!" I exclaimed.
"Sure, I've been craving some tea right now." Ryo smirked.
"You're always craving tea. Plus, I have some news." Naste smiled as she gave us some tea in small cups.
"Good or Bad?" I asked, after taking a sip of tea.
"Depends on how you take it." Naste sighed.
"Well, spill it!" Ryo impatiently asked.
"Like the prophecies say, 'the uncle will take revenge for his nephew's downfall.' But, what Junco didn't mention was that was his uncle would finally suffer his downfall." Naste quoted.
"Really now?" I inquired.
"Yeah, but 'the uncle will have his revenge on the person who caused his nephew's death.' That means you and the Sisters are gonna be the first targeted." Naste commented.
"Yeah, but does it say anything about us being able to survive it?" I asked.
"Well, before I fell asleep, I read something about the 'five winged angels would send an atomic blast straight at the uncle,' but that was as far as I got before I fell asleep." Naste sighed.
"Well, the least little bit is as helpful as we can get. But, why is the sky so red?" Ryo asked, finishing up his cup.
"The nephew's blood would be spilt all over the sky as a sign that the people's oppressor is dead. But that the parents are still grieving, and the uncle will soon take his revenge on the ones who 'caused the downfall of his nephew.'" Naste sighed again as she poured more tea in Ryo's cup.
"Don't worry, we'll find a way to defeat Tulpa. Ryo did it once, and now with the Sisters on his side, we can be sure of a guaranteed win!" I encouraged.
"Unfortunately, it's not that simple." Seiji's voice came from the door.
"Haven!" I smiled as my friend hobbled over to my bedside. I reached over and hugged her, "What's shakin'?" I asked her.
"Nothin much. You?" She smiled.
"Let's get back ta the subject we were on." Toma's voice also came from the door.
"Yeah, the one bout where we beat Tulpa to the ground!" Sora shouted.
"Ssshhh!" We shushed.
"Oh, my bad!" Sora whispered.
"But, like she was sayin', we've gotta figure out why Tulpa hasn't shown his sorry face-mask thingy around." Mariko nodded.
"That's a real good way of putting it." I sighed.
"Naste! I found out somethin!" Dashiki shouted as he came bounding in the room.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Look, right here, it says, 'The five winged angels will be taken as hostages and the uncle will force them to threaten the Earth with an power so immense, that it amount to what a powerful blast would." Dashiki explained.
"So we need to keep a good eye on the girls right now." Seiji sighed.
"Right." Shin smiled and looked over at Mariko, "That won't be a problem for you, will it?" He asked.
"Hmmm…..lemme think bout that!" Mariko smirked, then she paused, "Sure, why not?"
Everyone sweat dropped. "So when is Tulpa supposed to capture us anyways?" Haven asked.
"More importantly, does Shu know any of this? If not, then Yolei could already be kidnapped." Seiji suggested.
"True, I'll go contact him." Dashiki started to go.
"No, best not. I'll do it. Come on, Sora." Toma said sternly.
"Right." Sora nodded.
"Those two are a couple." Ryo shook his head.
"Yeah, but Dashiki, keep an eye on Naste as well." Shin suddenly became serious as well.
"Yeah, we're trustin ya!" Ryo winked.
"Plus, with our eyes on the girls, we won't be able to keep a special eye out for her like we did in the past." Seiji nodded.
"But, we'll still keep an eye on her, but we're trustin you to take good care of her." Now, Ryo was the one to become serious.
"I can take of myself, ya know." Naste blushed.
"Girl, I can take of myself too, but I always go by the saying, two is better than one. If an attacker came and starting hurting you, Dashiki could do much more damage to your attacker than you alone. It would be the same situation with me, even." I encouraged.
"Yeah, I know." Naste sighed.
"I think we just killed her confidence." Shin muttered.
"No, you didn't. I'm just really disturbed by all of the things that are going on." Naste reassured.
I smiled, "Come on, girl, smile. I know it's ruff, but we can all get through it!" I encouraged.
"Yeah!" The others yelled out.
Naste smiled, "Thanks guys." She muttered.
"As soon as this is all over, we'll have the biggest party ever!" Ryo shouted.
"Hey, can you be quiet?!" Shu's voice came from behind.
"Hey, where's Yolei?" I asked, excited.
"She's in Shin's and my room, sleeping." Shu sounded tired.
"Kami, you sound tired." Seiji remarked.
"You didn't have to go through the hell I did." Shu remarked.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Well, the doctors asked what kinda insurance she had, and I told them I didn't know, then they gave me hell just because I didn't know. Also these freaks tried to take her away, and I had to fight them off." Shu sighed.
"Here man. I can stand." Ryo stood up, letting Shu take his seat.
"So, they've already started coming for us." Haven remarked.
"What do you mean?" Shu asked.
"Toma didn't tell you?" Shin asked astonished.
"No." Shu shook his head.
"Ya know, the funniest thing happened. I called the hospital, and they told me tha there was someone wit tha name, but tha they had jus left." Toma pointed out. But when he saw Shu, he jumped back, "Whoa! He's here!" Toma exclaimed in surprise.
"Shu, you better go check on her. I have an odd feeling." I mentioned.
"Really? K." Shu sighed as he got up and sauntered off to his room.
"He really protects her." Seiji muttered.
"Like you don't do the same with Haven, Seiji." I smirked.
"HEY!" Seiji remarked.
I chuckled, "Joking." I managed to say in between laughs.
Shu rushed back into the room, "Uh guys, she's gone!" Shu exclaimed as he fell to his knees.
"NANI?!" We all exclaimed at the same time.
"Yeah, they left behind this note." Shu held up a piece of paper. It read: 'It has started. Beware Troopers.'
"Oh my Kami." Ryo whispered.
"Somethin's not righ here." Toma pointed out.
"What's goin on here?" Shu asked.
Naste told him, and Shu's face paled over. He sat down on his butt and covered his face. We all became silent, wondering what would happen next. Shu wasn't known for crying, and he didn't know Yolei that well, but he did protect her. We knew that Shu was hurt, and wanted revenge, but we were waiting for him to regain composer.
"Well, what are we waitin for?! Let's go get her back!" Shu shouted.
"We wish it were that simple.' Mariko sighed.
"What do you mean?" Shu looked at Mariko like she just offended him.
"Chill, Shu. We dunno where they took her. But as soon as we do, we'll go and get her. I know, it's not easy waitin, but it's the only choice we have." Shin said, trying to calm down Shu.
"I can't wait! They could be torturing her! And by the time I'd be able to get her, she could be dead." Shu shouted.
"Wait, the prophecies say that no harm will come to the Sisters but a mere transformation of sides." Naste yelled out.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Shu asked.
"Easy, the girls will become evil and start to fight with Tulpa." Ryo finished.
"I don't like it." Shu muttered.
"I have an idea, let's set up a trap. Will get one of us to lay down unattended, and we can set up some sorta homing device on them. So, when they get captured, we know where they went." I suggested.
"Yeah, but where are you gonna get one of those, and which one of you girls are willing to be bait?" Ryo asked, looking at each of us.
"Well, it can't be Alana, because if she got brainwashed, then all of us would be the same way." Haven pointed out.
"True, so I'll do it!" Sora singled herself out.
"NO!" Toma immediately suggested.
"Why not? I mean, she's one of the strongest ones outta all of us." I suggested.
"Really?" Toma asked.
I nodded, "She would be perfect."
"And, with my mechanical mind, I can create a small homing device in minutes, with the right tools." Sora boasted.
"Well, if you really wanna do this, I'll help you." Toma smiled a weak smile, and the two of the walked out.
We all sat there, wondering what to say. No one wanted to speak up, and poor Shu was near tears. But his pride didn't allow him to cry. We looked around at each other, wondering who would be the first to speak up. Finally, I swung my legs over the side of the bed and slowly stood up. Ryo came and helped me walk over to Shu. I kneeled down in front of him, and wrapped my arms around his neck He hugged me back, and I think a few tears began to fall. He pushed me away, and wiped his eyes on his sleeve. He still couldn't cry out in public, or at least in front of his friends. I could understand that, since I can't even cry in the comfort of my own privacy. Ryo helped me back up and we stood there for awhile.
"I'm going outside for awhile. You need me, just call." Shu spoke as he walked outta the room.
Shin was about to go after him, when Mariko stopped him, "He needs to be alone. He may not love Yolei right now, but he does wanna protect her." She told him.
"Oh, right." Shin muttered.
"Plus, I would wanna be alone if Haven got taken away." Seiji admitted.
"Really, now? First you were sayin that you wouldn't protect me, and now you're sayin that you'll be sad if they capture me?" Haven asked, surprised.
Seiji flushed, "Well, uh…ya see……" He stuttered.
"Come on, I was just jokin!" Haven slapped her boy on the back.
"Ow." Seiji muttered and rubbed his shoulder where Haven had hit.
I walked to the sliding glass door, "Ya know, Shu was the first to introduce himself when the rest of you guys came in the room. I feel for him. I would be the same way if I had just lost a girl that I was supposed to protect." I sighed and walked out the door and out into the fresh air. Ryo was right beside me, helping me out there.
I know that Shu, deep down, had feelings for Yolei, but never admitted it. Probably never would, unless Yolei forced him to.
~*~Flashback~*~
"Hey, look at that one guy!" Yolei Dai exclaimed, pointing to one of the class clowns messing around in the hallways with his buddies, and blushing.
"Yeah, that's Shu Lei Fan. He's in my Japanese Lit. class*." Haven sighed.
"Yeah, I heard he's goes up to the cafeteria ladies, asking for seconds." Sora whispered.
"Really?" I asked in astonishment. I looked over to see the black haired boy looking over at me.
"Alana, is that guy looking at you again? He's getting to be a real pain in the butt! Didn't he ask you to dinner, and you turned him down because you and Jades are an item?" Mariko asked.
"Mariko, you say that again, and I'll go tell the English boy that you have this serious crush on him since, what, the eighth grade?" I threatened.
"You wouldn't dare!" Mariko challenged.
"Oh, wanna bet?!" I asked, laughing at her challenge.
"I bet two thousand dollars!" Mariko exclaimed.
Haven and I laughed, "Yeah, right! And just where are you gonna get two thousand dollars?!" I exclaimed.
"I'm the queen of the world! I can get how much money I want when I want it!" She boasted.
"Girl, reality check, you're not the queen of the world. You're a mere senior high school student." Yolei laughed at her. Mariko whimpered at the comment. After that, we all burst out in laughter.
Yolei stopped suddenly, "Look who's comin over here." She nodded. We all stopped laughing and looked to see the guy named Shu--and friends--walking towards us.
"Hey, ladies, we know that we look stupid to you, but please don't laugh at us." Shu asked with these fake puppy eyes.
"We weren't laughing at you, we were laughing at a statement that, the supposed, 'queen of the world' made. Don't worry, we don't know you guys to make comments about you!" Haven laughed.
"Oh, well, my mistake. Oh, and are you Alana Morimiea?" He asked me.
"No, I'm the scum of the earth, like 'the queen of the world' would like to describe me." I sarcastically noted.
"I heard that!" Mariko huffed.
"I know you did." I sighed and turned back to the boy named Shu, "Yes, my name's Alana Morimiea, what do you want?"
"Well, my friend here," He smirked as he pulled the black haired boy forward, "would like to know if you would be so kind as to go to dinner with him." Shu offered.
"Shu!" The black haired boy exclaimed in embarrassment.
I heard Haven snicker, and that made me blush, "Sorry, pal, but, like the song says, 'I'm already taken, you spoke up too late.*'" I put my hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"Hey, what can I say, bud. Women are like parkin spaces, all the good ones are taken!" Shu slapped his hand on the boy's other shoulder. The boys cringed in pain and sauntered off.
"Aw, I didn't mean to hurt his feelin's." I muttered.
"You didn't. He always pulls back in a matter of minutes." Shu spoke up.
"Who's this cutie?" Haven slid over to the tall blonde boy that was standing quietly behind Shu.
"Oh, his name's Seiji. He don't talk too much, but we call him Casablanca because instead of eatin lunch, he hangs around all these girls." Shu introduced. I saw that Seiji was giving that Shu-guy a death glare.
"Yo, Alana!" Jades's voice called from behind.
"Jades!" I whipped around, with a fake smile plastered on my face.
"Why ya hangin out wit these losers?" Jades asked.
"We're not losers!" The mahogany haired boy with the English accent exclaimed.
"So, that's who's datin her. You do have some competition!" Shu exclaimed to his now disappeared friend. "Hey, where'd he go?!" Shu asked, looking around.
"Probably to class, where we should be goin!" The blue haired boy exclaimed as he took off.
"Oh, well, Casa, tell him tha…" But, before Shu could finish his sentence, the tall blonde took off in the same direction as the blue haired boy did.
"Well, gee, don't I feel ignored." Shu sighed.
"Hey, let's keep in touch!" Yolei pointed out.
"Sure, what's you're…..damn!" Shu couldn't finish his sentence because of the bell ringing.
"Oh, I'll catch up wit ya later!" Yolei shouted as she ran off, following Haven to their next class. I jogged off to my Computer Tech* class. Then it hit me, that one black haired guy is in my next class. Oh, I feel horrible. I thought as I jogged off.
~*~End Flashback~*~
Even though that particular incident was over two years ago, I still felt that particular pang of guilt that I did that very day. I lowered my head as I tried to rid myself of that feeling. That was a feeling that was not a very pleasant one to have. Yeah, Shu was, will always be, the class clown that's always introducing his friends to girls that were already taken.
I shook my head and laughed. Ryo looked over at me, "What's so funny?"
"Nothin', just remembering what happened a few years ago." I smirked.
"You mean that whole incident with Shu tryin to introduce me to you?" Ryo chuckled.
"Yeah." I bust out in laughter.
"That was kinda funny." Ryo chuckled to himself, "And embarrassing." He added.
"I know." I said in between laughter.
"NANI?!" We heard the others exclaim from inside.
Ryo and I stumbled to the door, "What's goin on?" I asked. Then I saw Toma in the same position Shu was in when…. "No, they didn't, did they?" I asked, trying to hurry to his side.
"Yeah, before we could get the homing device done. Now without her, we can't finish it." Toma muttered.
"Don't be silly!" Mariko exclaimed.
"What now?" Seiji remarked.
"I'm somewhat of a mechanical genius. Sora taught me everything there is to know. I could probably finish it before I'm captured, and I'll be the bait for it too!" Mariko insisted.
"No!" Shin disagreed with her.
"Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do?!" Mariko asked harshly, putting her hands on her hips.
"I didn't mean it to come out that way, but I do have feelings for you, and it would hurt me much if they did get you." Shin clarified.
"But think, if you lemme go, then the other girls could be saved." Mariko pointed out, as she placed her hand on his face, "I'll be fine. Can you help me?" Mariko asked him.
"Well, I know nothing about technical things, but I can see. To give Toma a break." Shin sighed as he looked down at his friend that was kneeling on the ground.
"Naw, I'll help. But, let's bring the project in here, where we're around people." Toma suggested.
"Good point." I smiled. Toma looked over at me, and gave me a smile that broke my heart. It was one of the saddest one's I have ever seen on him.
The three of them walked out, and the room was left quiet. Finally, Seiji spoke up, "Well, that's two. Maybe we can stop this before it's get's to Alana." Seiji admitted.
"If Mariko fails in this, I'm next in line, you know." Haven pointed out.
"Yeah, but it's a truth that I really don't want to happen. Let's look on the bright side, for once, and say that Mariko will get this done and we'll be able to rescue the other girls." Seiji smiled a bit.
"Let's hope you're right about that." Ryo sighed.
And with that, everyone stayed silent, until……
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*Japanese Lit. class- I dunno if that's a real class, I just know that there is an American Lit class, so I think I made it up.
* I'm already taken, you spoke up too late: This is a lyric from one of my favorite Country songs, although I don't listen to too much Country. I forgot who sung it, but just saying I don't own it.
*Computer Tech: Same as Japanese Lit. class.
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Ending Comments: I know, there is a cliffhanger! That's to keep you waiting endlessly for the next chapter. Hehehehe! I'm so evil! Not much to say, and I know these 'prophecies' sound incredibly bakana (ridiculous), demo (but) that's the way most of my stories are. Oh, and while you're waiting on the ninth chapter, you can read my other, scary, story. It's called Terror in Tokyo. There are three chapters, and maybe I'll write a sequel if there are enough reviews. How? Good question. But, with my freaky imagination, I'll figure it out. Well, g2g! R&R!
May your days be as evil as mine are, ^_^*
~*~Mia Dorothy Rain Sanada Winner Kasshu aka the queen of war!~*~