"Buckle up, children! We're off to our final destination, Miami, Florida!" Shigure announced through the megaphone he picked up earlier.
"Another note, we shall not, I repeat, shall not, spend the night in a hotel tonight." Ayame added.
"What happened? Did all your shopping make the Sohma estate go bankrupt and now we're sleeping on the streets?" Hiro sarcastically remarked.
"Very funny, Hiro, but you are mistaken. Actually, tonight we camp on the beach!" Ayame corrected.
"Woohoo! Camping!! I love camping! Let's make s'mores! Let's tell scary stories!" Momiji hopped up and down like a, well, bunny.
"Scary…stories?" Tohru whimpered.
"Momiji, we can't tell stories that'll scare Ms. Honda." Yuki placed his hand protectively on Tohru's shoulder.
"Oh, what's the worst that could happen?! She gonna wet her pants or something? Please…"Hiro smirked.
"Now before we actually arrive at the beach, we'll need to pick up camping supplies of course. Tents, sleeping bags, coolers, snacks, the usual…" Hatori added."The beach! Doesn't that sound romantic, Kyo?!" Kagura exclaimed squeezing the life out of Kyo.
"Not if you're there!" Kyo responded gasping for air.
"Wah! Kyo, you're so mean!" Kagura cried as she socked him in the gut.
After picking up the necessary supplies, they headed straight for the shores of Miami.
"Wow! Look at the beautiful water!" Tohru admired.
"Let's go jump waves!" Momiji exclaimed as he pulled Tohru towards the ocean.
"I'm coming, too!" Kisa followed. They rushed into the water and felt the waves push them.
"C'mon Yuki! The water's great!" Tohru called out to him. Yuki, who was setting up his neat little sitting area, took off his shirt and headed towards the others. As soon as he stepped in, he squeaked and jumped back out.
"Eeeek! The water's so COLD!" He shivered.
"You'll get used to it!" Momiji shouted back. Yuki held his breath and headed back into the water. He hissed at the freezing sensation, but gradually began to accept the temperature, and he ran out to meet the others.
"Ah, this is very relaxing, isn't it?" Yuki said as he felt the waters brush past him.
Meanwhile, Rin and Haru decided to stay in the sand. After rubbing sun tan lotion on each, Rin just lay around to sun bathe while Haru started building a sand castle. He started making sand walls to surround him from all sides.
"That's a strange-looking sand castle." Rin commented.
"It's not a castle, it's a sand fort." Haru corrected her. He crouched down in his sand fort and waited for Kyo to pass by. When he did, Haru made a ball of wet sand and chucked it a Kyo.
"Hey! What the hell was that for?!" Kyo yelled as his back felt all dirty.
Haru simply replied, "Mud-ball fight." Then, he threw another ball at Kyo. This time, Kyo ducked and started working on his own sand shield while throwing mud-balls at the same time.
"You're throwing sand at each other? Could you two get any more immature?" Hiro asked.
"Hey! He started it!" Kyo defended.
"Oh, Shigure, my greatest desire right now is to take a nice long walk on the beach, but I don't want to go alone!" Ayame said dramatically.
"Never fear, Aaya. I shall walk along with you!" Shigure stood up and proclaimed.
"Oh please, don't make a scene, or else I'm not sharing a tent with you guys tonight." Hatori said as he flipped through the pages of his book. The other two, who appeared to have not heard what he said, started walking on the shore of the beach while holding each other's hand. Hatori just sighed and lay down to take a nap. He'd barely slept at all last night since Ayame and Shigure were trying to memorize every song of the Rocky Horror Show. I swear if I hear Ayame say he's a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania one more time... He thought as he drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile, Ritsu was just relaxing on his little beach towel when he suddenly felt a sudden pain on his leg. He looked over to see a creature biting his calf.
"AHHH! A MONSTER! IT'S COME TO EAT ME! SAVE ME! SAVE MEEEE!" Ritsu jumped up and ran around in circles. Back in the water, they kids noticed that Ritsu was running around hysterical.
"Oh no, he's on the fritz, again." Yuki moaned.
"I think he's in trouble!" Kisa exclaimed.
"Don't worry, Ritsu! I'm coming!" Kagura shouted as she rushed out to help her friend. She found him crying as if his life was in danger.
"FREEZE!" She commanded as she poked Ritsu's sensitive spot. He fell on the ground, unconscious, while Kagura investigated him.
"It appears this was the reason for Ritsu's distress." She said proudly as she plucked the giant crab off of his leg and held it up in the air.
"Wonderful. Brilliant. I don't care." Rin smirked as she continued to bask in the sun's rays. Kagura just made a "hmph" noise and returned to the water with the others.
"Hey, let's go out further so the waves are bigger!" Momiji suggested. They walked further and further until the water was up to their shoulders.
"Incoming!" Momiji called out when a giant wave came their way. It toppled over them and buried them deep into the water. One by one, everyone emerged from the watery bed, everyone except for Tohru.
"Whew! That's was so awesome! Do it again!" Kagura cheered.
"Wait, where's Ms. Honda?" Yuki noted. A few seconds after he said that, Tohru emerged from the water spitting out the salty water in her mouth. Unfortunately, she didn't see Yuki standing where she was spitting.
"Oh my gosh! I am SO sorry, Yuki! I didn't see you there! I'm such an idiot! If I had looked before I sprayed I wouldn't have…" Tohru apologized loudly.
"It's fine. Don't worry about it, Ms. Honda." Yuki said as he had said one hundred times before.
As the sun began to set on the beach, everyone gathered around as Ritsu tried to light the campfire. He was having a little trouble with the matches.
"Sometime before summer break ends, please." Hiro said sarcastically.
"He's trying the best that he can!" Kagura shot back. Ritsu tried striking the match a little harder than usual, and he was surprised and scared when the match lit. He screamed and dropped it so that extinguished on the sand.
"Great! Now we need another match!" Kyo groaned.
"AH! I'M SO SORRY! I'VE JUST WASTED ONE OF SHIGURE'S PRECIOUS MATCHES! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TOUCH ANYTHING OF YOURS ANYMORE!!" Ritsu freaked as tears burst from his eyes.
"Ritsu, chill. I have plenty more." Shigure said as he lit another match and made the campfire.
"Yes! Now we can make s'mores!" Momiji cheered as he ran to the circle with the crackers, sticks, chocolate, and marshmallows.
"Indeed, let us all join together for the toasting of s'mo-OW!" Ayame twitched as he cried in pain.
"What's the matter, Ayame?" Tohru asked concerned.
"He forgot to put on sunscreen before his walk." Hatori answered dryly as he pulled out some sunburn lotion from his first-aid kit.
All the way in New York, Akito was being held prisoner at the county jail. She was scratching the paint off the walls with her nails as she crouched down in the corner.
"Those stupid officers don't know who they're dealing with. I'll make them pay. Oh, I assure you they will pay."
"That's not the kind of thing that'll get you out of here anytime soon." Kureno said.
"I don't like it in here, Kureno. How long do I have to stay in this damn pen?!" Akito growled.
"I didn't understand them very well, but I think they said a week." Kureno mumbled.
"Can't you tell them something to make them release me sooner?!" Akito pleaded.
"I would, but I don't know how to plead your case in English." Kureno explained.
"私は屠殺する! 私はあなたの睾丸を切り、オオカミにそれらに与える!" Akito cursed in Japanese as she grabbed Kureno's collar and shook him up.