CHAPTER 14 – OFF TO TOKYO
EXT. HIGH SPEED TRAIN TRAVELING THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE - MORNING
INT. TRAIN - CONTINUOUS
Karen, Miina and other students are staring out the windows as they approach Tokyo.
KAREN
It sure was nice of Teacher Kazami to arrange this trip to Tokyo.
MIINA
The special student discount train tickets were such
a bargain that even Maiku couldn't pass it up.
KOUSEI
So Maiku, how did you get talked into this?
MAIKU
After Teacher Kazami told Karen and Miina about this,
they wouldn't stop bugging me about it.
FLASHBACK
Maiku slowly gets out of bed and stands in front of the mirror. As he looks into the
mirror he is suddenly startled to see on his forehead in big black letters "TOKYO".
Back in his bedroom Maiku starts up his computer to check his email before going to school.
As the monitor comes to life Maiku notices that his desktop background has been change and
to a picture of Karen and Miina holding up a sign that reads "Tokyo - Tokyo - Tokyo".
Later as Maiku is finishing his morning cup of coffee he looks down at his plate of eggs and
sees "TOKYO" spelled out in ketchup on top of them.
Later while on the toilet Maiku unrolls some toilet paper. As he unrolls it he notices that
a message has been written on it in big letters "TOKYO - WE WANT TO GO TO TOKYO!"
BACK TO PRESENT DAY
KOUSEI
Admit it Maiku, they beat you up again.
MAIKU
(burying his face in his hands)
You're right - they beat me up again.
KAREN
Neither Maiku, Miina or myself have ever been to Tokyo.
MIZUHO
It turned out that the Principal has old friends who live just
outside Tokyo, so we have a free place to stay for the night.
During their school trip, the girls take a little time out from the tour to check
out the stores. They pass by a jewelry store where the jeweler sits by the
window so the people can see him work.
He is just finishing up a beautiful engagement ring.
The jeweler is very proud of his work and motions the girls to come in an look at it.
They surround him in his shop and the Jeweler explains to the girls all the meanings
of the scrolling work engraved in the ring.
The girls can't take their eyes off of it and romantic fantasizes start dancing in their heads
dreaming of their Prince Charming proposing to them with this ring in hand.
Just then Maiku and Kousei walk by the shop and notice the girls standing around the jeweler.
MAIKU
(turning to Kousei)
I wonder what they're looking at?
Maiku and Kousei step inside the jewelry shop.
MIINA
(excited)
Hey Maiku, check out this ring, don't you think it's beautiful?
Maiku takes a long hard look at the ring then looks at Kousei with
a puzzled look and then looks back at the ring.
MAIKU
So what's the big deal, it's just a ring.
Maiku now realizes that he has just said the wrong thing and is now on the
receiving end of five sets of "dagger" stares. He has just destroyed the girls
romantic fantasizes - especially Miina's.