Zip, zap, zoopity zap. I'm back, with a vengeance.
No, not really. Enjoy this action-less chapter.
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Full thanks and credit to Liy, one of my readers, who is now translating English into Italian for our
charming, witty and sophisticated chums in this fanfiction. If anyone has any other experience
in translating languages, drop a line!
Three days...Allen whispered in his mind, looking down at Yoshimata. He's been unconscious for three whole days now.It was the truth. He tried to get Joseph, Dairu, and Sami to do anything at all; getting their measurements done for their uniforms, practicing their new anti-Akuma weapons, even small-talk. Nothing worked! Nothing! They came in and out of the infirmary, stopping their for a few minutes to sit by Yoshimata. Dairu held his hand once, and muttered something incoherent in German and afterwards in what Allen could only describe as Arabic. Joseph simply sat next to Yoshimata, either eating something or twiddling his thumbs, his gaze unflinching. Both of them seemed... disturbed by this. Almost perplexed, if you will. Had they never seen Yoshimata like this before?
Sami came less often then they did, but she did visit sometimes. She sometimes tried to draw something in her journal, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. Allen asked her what was wrong, and she shrugged in response. "I guess... I just can't draw him asleep. I guess I just like to draw things that are awake, is all." Allen took her word for it, and left on that day.
He came down here, because someone was needed to watch Yoshimata, in case anything happened. He was out for three days, and the nurse and Komui were both very concerned about this. Komui approached Allen in the hallway, and took him aside. Allen was confused, so Komui had to explain. "I'm very nervous, Allen. Yoshimata has been out for almost half a week. The newest Exorcists won't even do anything since he's been out. I want you to monitor his sleeping pattern, just for tonight." Allen couldn't refuse.
He has been sitting her for an hour now, quietly watching him sleep. He was bored, yes, but he had to do it. But now... Yoshimata was stirring in his bed. Not waking, no, but muttering incoherently. Allen leaned forward to listen, but he couldn't hear what he was mumbling. Suddenly, out of no where, Yoshimata's arm gripped the bed-sheet, his voice growing a little bit louder. Now, Allen fully understood what he was saying: Help me, please.Allen had no idea what to do now, he was totally unprepared for this! "Yoshimata, are you in pain?" Allen tried to whisper into his ear, but Yoshimata's voice grew strained, as if he was being tortured. "Yoshimata?! What's wrong?!" Allen got up, and opened the door to the main room for the infirmary. All he could do was yell out of desperation, "Nurse! Something's wrong with him!"
It's dark now... I can't see a thing...In a midst of shadow and a fog, Yoshimata stood. However, he knew exactly where he was: a dense forest in Korea. No... no... he whispered, his heart racing now. He began to step backwards, looking anxiously and fearfully into the night's fog. There was nothing there he could see, but endless trees and bush. He began to speed up his pace.
"I have to get out of here... I have to leave... anywhere! Anywhere at all!" He began to whimper. His breathing was strained now, but he couldn't understand why. He put a hand on a tree, and put a hand to his head to wipe off the sweat on his brow. But he didn't meet sweat; he met his own blood. "Wh- what?!" He gasped, and he fell backwards into a river-bed. The water splashed him, and only now did he notice that... he was much smaller then he remembered. He looked into the water, and as it cleared, his heart screamed in agony, in sheer terror as he came to the realization that-
He woke up. Yoshimata's eyelids lifted heavily, and he breathed in and out to steady himself. His vision was blurred, but soon he saw what was before him. Over him, he saw a shock of white hair, gray-eyes, and a red tattoo. He remembered now where he was. "Ah... Allen..." He muttered, trying to raise his arm, but lacked the strength to do so.
"Be careful, you've been out for three days." The experienced Exorcist replied. "Now that you've woken up, the nurse wants you to eat as soon as possible. Do you think you could eat?"
Trying to decide, Yoshimata gulped; nothing hurt in his throat. He nodded, licking his lips. "Yes, I can eat."
Allen sighed in relief. "Ah, thank goodness..." He rubbed his eyes in exhaustion, and yawned. "Once you're done eating, I'll help you take a walk to your room. We can only hope that nothing went wrong during the re-awakening operation." He looked around, and found the food tray. "Well, here we go."
Standing in the middle of the forest, Yoko was taking a walk with Sami. Sami was humming cheerfully, trying to find the right bird to paint. Yoko was preoccupied with her weapon, spinning it in her hands like some sort of spear. "Sami, I wonder... what is this stick supposed to be?"
Sami blinked, and shrugged. "Maybe it's... some sort of wand?" She looked back, and saw a flower. "Ah! Hana!" Sami rushed over to the flower, and began to draw it in her notebook.
Putting a hand to her temples, Yoko sighed. "You're such an airhead sometimes..."
Sami giggled, and shook her head. "Nope; I just like to have lots of fun!" She continued drawing, but followed up on her statement. "Maybe you should try it sometime, Yoko-tan."
Stamping her foot, Yoko nearly yelled. "I thought I told you to never call me by pet-names and nicknames."
Sami laughed, and stood up, finished drawing the flower. "But it's so much fun!" The wind came through the forest, and the leaves began to rattle and rustle in the trees and bushes. However, Sami looked at the ground, looking at the leaves at her feet. "Huh... Yoko-pan, look at these leaves..."
Yoko gripped her fist. "I TOLD you-..." She opened her eyes, and saw Sami crouched at the ground. "What in the hell?" She bent down besides Sami, and looked at the leaf in her hand.
"See, Yoko... it's cut in half completely...." She held it up for Yoko to get a better look. "It wasn't ripped; it's too clean and there is no rugged edge on it anywhere."
Yoko took it, and felt the edge of the leaf. "You're right... it's not serrated... this was definitely cut in half by something... but what?" Yoko stood up, and her ears twitched slightly. She was listening to the wind. She closed her eyes, and the wind blew again. Faintly, but it was there, she heard the sound of wind being cut through by something fast. The sound was coming from... the wind gusted again, and the sound appeared once more. "They're coming from that way!" She pointed into the forest, and both of them began to silently try and sneak up on the sounds. It took them a minute, but they found a small path filled with roots and rocks and knocked-down trees. Well, not knocked down. They were all cut in half. There was remains of leafs everywhere on the path; all over the logs and all over the trunks of the trees, even in the air.
"Yoko, what do you thi-" Sami started to say, but Yoko put a hand to Sami's mouth to quiet her down. She pointed to the air, and mouthed the words Wait and Watch to Sami. Sami initially pouted, but then looked again. The wind, for the uncountable time, picked up, and the leaves entered the air. Out like a torpedo came a shadow that, with what seemed it's hand, destroyed the cluster of leaves in the air. It landed on the ground without fail, and the shadow stood up in a human form. "That's..." Sami whispered in amazement.
Yu Kanda was standing in the clearing, his katana sheathed. He had only the bottom-tunic dress of his uniform, while his upper-shirt was yet to be seen. He let the sheath, with his sword, now slack on his side, and they could hear him faintly mutter to himself, "That's enough for today..." He picked himself up, and he exited into the forest, leaving the path and the two girls behind.
Yoko breathed out, whispering, "... Amazing..." His style... his grace... his sword... they're all combined and... perfect. She did everything in her power to not follow him, since she knew from past-experiences that he did not like to be followed without his knowledge. Or, being followed in general.
Sami looked down at her notebook. In all that time that she was watching, she was trying to draw down the movements that were happening. Her eyes, as sharp as they are, couldn't even begin to follow the movements. "You're right... he is amazing. I couldn't even follow him." Yoko and Sami simply sat where they were, nothing left to do. Sami looked up, and smiled. "Well, how's about we go back, Yoko-tan? We can go see if Dairu and Joseph got into any trouble while we were gone."
"I told you..." Yoko growled, but breathed in and let the tension go. "Okay, Sami. You win. For now."
Sami giggled, and let out a 'Yay!' as they left down the path.
Allen walked out of the room for a moment, and looked for the nurse. He found her. "Excuse me, nurse... he's finally eaten, now we need to talk him out for a walk. Do you have a cane of some sorts...?"
The nurse rubbed her chin, and nodded. "Yes, follow me." She led him to a closet, and inside there was a walk-in stockpile of bandages, medicines, medications, and so on. She reached to a top-shelf, and she pulled out a simple but still elegant cane with a curved top for a hand. She handed the cane to Allen, whom immediately brought to Yoshimata.
Slowly and steadily, Yoshimata was able to support himself on the cane. Allen helped him out of the office, and took him to the gate to leave the castle for fresher air. When the gate opened, Yoshimata let out a very exhausted "Aw shit." Allen was confused, and looked outside the gate. There, Sami and Yoko were standing. Sami was starting to shake, but Allen didn't know why. "Allen... move out of the way." Yoshimata whispered.
Blinking, Allen responded. "Why? What's wrong?"
As soon as this was said, Allen met Yoshimata's hell in a hand basket. Sami launched herself, yelling "YOSHI-CHAN!" at the top of her lungs, completely glomping Yoshimata despite his injuries. Watching, Allen and Yoko could only sweat-drop at the ridiculousness of this all.
Yoshimata could only laugh, albeit strained from the force of the glomp. He managed to get out, "Yes, Sami, I missed you too. But could you please get off me? I want to walk." Sami stopped the death-grip of... well, death, and merely smiled, pat Yoshimata on the top of the head, and got off him. Yoshimata got his cane, and brought himself up from the ground. He put a hand through his hair, and continued to speak. "So... I hear you guys refusing to allow your measurements be taken?" He gave her a sort of suspicious look.
She looked up, kicking an imaginary rock. "Well, Yoshi, we just wanted to wait for you, y'know? We all agreed together to do this all together, right?"
Taken aback, Yoshimata blinked for a few seconds and smiled and nodded. "Yeah, we did, didn't we?" He bowed his head slightly, as a 'thank you'. His grip on the cane tightened slightly, but he continued talking. "Now that I'm awake, let's go get the two moronic-food black-holes and let's get our uniforms, shall we?"
From across the hallway, they heard a loud laugh, and a response. "Don't bother! We already found you!" It was Dairu! He was with Joseph, and, surprisingly, Lavi. They seemed to be pretty-closely knit together.
Joseph's pace came forward, and he yelled in Italian, "E chi stai chiamando idiota, idiota?!"
Dairu immediately translated. "'And who're you calling an idiot, idiot?' is what he just said. Come now, Joseph. Be nice to Yoshi. We all know he means well."
"Sì? Beh, quel pervertito è solo uno spreco di spazio..." Joseph muttered, looking around. He claimed that the 'pervert' was a waste of space.
After the group united, Allen told them that they would find Johnny Gill in the Science Department, but he forewarned them, along with Lavi as the comical side-teller, that Johnny tends to go over-board with his persistance in gaining measurements. Creeped out, Joseph, Dairu and Sami shivered. Yoshimata nodded, and Yoko shrugged it off. Lavi noticed, and smiled. "Well, just remember, Yoko. You were warned."
"Whatever you say." Was her only response. They left the company of Allen and Lavi, and Yoko led the way to the Science Department, since she was the only one who could remember anything. Sami was always too busy drawing and was too hyper to remember a thing, Dairu and Joseph were gluttons without the mass, thus leading them to remembering where the cafeteria was, and only that. Yoshimata was knocked out, so he has an excuse for his folly. Once they reached the Science Department, they were greeted by some scientists, however many of them were already passed out.
Yoshimata was both surprised and confused at the sight of the collapsed men, but Reever came to explain, out of the pile of his work. "Y'see, we do a lot of work, around the clock."
A scientist moaned from under a mountain of books, raising his hand for salvation. "Non-stop..."
Yoshimata sweat-dropped, and looked around. "Is Johnny Gill around here?" A new groan came from a desk next to Dairu, whom uncovered the comical-near-death Johnny Gill. Sami came over, and poked him in the head. Dairu and Joseph tried to dig him out of the book-mountain, while Yoshimata walked up to him. "Johnny? We're here because we were told you would do our measurements for our uniforms."
Arrise! As if these words were muttered by God himself, Johnny rose from his sullen state, his eyes now glowing with over-excitement. Reever saw this, and he yelled over to all the scientists in the room, "Get down! Johnny's gonna take measurements!" All in bravado, the scientists went to their hiding places, either under a desk or a pile of books, they all hid from Johnny. Now, however, the new Exorcists were fearing for their lives.
Giggling with joy, Johnny could save only mutter, "Did you say ... measurements?!"
Joseph could only mutter a single plead for mercy in Italian. "Per favore... abbi pietà..." And thus, as Allen and Lavi's warnings were ignored as nothing but sod, and with delay in trying to hide, the new Exorcists discovered what hell really was.
Was this chapter that bad? Could y'all tell me if it was bad, funny, too short, or just right? Please? We're up to the fourteenth chapter, and barely anything has happened. :(