Chapter 25: The Festival and the Beach
Only own my OC
Okay, I just remembered that I didn't put in the part when everyone made plans to go to the beach in Chapter 18. But don't worry I fixed it. Now I don't feel like such an idiot. And I changed the title because I also remembered that the festival is first, THEN the beach. Sorry chapters have been a little hectic lately, but with finals I can barely remember what school I go to. But it's almost summer break and soon I'll be back on track. Now then...
On with the show!
I got a call from Yu this morning reminding me that today was the day of the Summer Festival. I put on my usual get-up and headed to the shrine.
When I got there the guys were all waiting for me. When we passed through the shrine gates, there was hardly anyone here, which was weird. You'd think more people would be at a festival like this, but there were only a few more than a dozen people plus our group. "Funny, I remember this festival being a lot more crowded... Is it because of the murders?" Youske asked curiously.
"I think so. The killer may be caught but people are still pretty spooked." I say.
"Yeah, there ain't many people this year. Well, I guess you can't blame people for being scared. Haven't seen the reporters around, either. They sure are good at stirring shit up then disappearing." Kanji pointed out. And he was right. Since we caught Mitsuo, the press have hardly shown up around town anymore. Which was just great. "Well, it ain't so bad to have thin crowds. What IS important right now is that we go get some ikayaki."
"Ooh, I wanna get some too! Kanji what's ikayaki?" Teddie asked. At least I wasn't the only one who didn't know what that was. Sounded good though.
We got some food for ourselves while we waited for the girls. They were taking longer than we thought. "Man, they're late... Why were they meeting up at Yukiko's house in the first place?" Youske asked.
"They told me they had to get dressed, but I didn't think it'd take them this long." I explain. Since I'm staying at the Amagi Inn the girls told me that they'd meet us here later, but they were a half hour late.
"They'll show up sooner or-"
"Whoa, isn't that them?" Teddie said cutting Kanji off.
It was the girls and they brought Nanako along, yay. They all wore their yukata's. Rise wore a red one, Yukiko wore a blue one, Chie wore a white one, and Nanako wore a pink one.
"Sorry we took so long." Chie apologized.
"It took us some time to get dressed." Yukiko explained. It all made sense now. They had no idea what they were doing.
"You have to wrap towels inside, so they're not as breezy as everyone says." Rise imparted that usless info to the guys and I.
"It's kinda hard to walk." Nanako said.
"I think you look cute in it." Yu said while I nod in agreement, causing Nanako to blush.
"Nanako, you look so cute! I'm head over heels for you!" Teddie said.
"Back off pedo bear she's only nine." I scold him. I couldn't believe he was trying to hit on Nanako. Needless to say, Nanako thanked him for the um... compliment.
"How do we look, Michael? Does the sight make your heart skip a beat?" Rise asked. 'Oh come on! You know I'm dating Marie why do you feel the need to still hit on me!?'
"Yeah, you girls look great." I say. Thank god I was outta that mess.
Youske turned to Kanji, who was facing away from the girls the entire time, and said "Kanji? What are you looking away for? Don't tell me you're ashamed to look! What are you a monk?"
"Th-That ain't it!" Kanji denied in a stutter. Dojima had come to pick up Nanako. They left and Teddie stupidly suggested that we pair off. And by we, he men him and the girls. Didn't matter to me since I was with Marie. The guys on the other hand weren't taking it so well. But they cheered up a bit when they saw how badly was fucking up. After that we all spread out to have some fun. I ran into Anthony and Karl at the festival. They had become quick friends. Being the way Karl is he wanted a race. This time he won, but in the overall competition, I was still winning by one. So, HA! I left the festival a little later nad went back home.
When I walked through my door I had realised that I must have a good amount of cash. I laid out all the money from my part-time jobs and by defeating Shadows over the past few months, and saw that I almost had enough to get my own apartment. Which was totally kick ass! I went to sleep with that on my mind.
The next day
The next day I was told that the festival was still going on, but I kinda had a headache so I just stayed in my room all day.
The next day
My headache was gone the next day. I got a call from Youske when I woke up. "Youske, it's barely past dawn. What is it?" I say in a tired voice.
"Sorry, but I just ask if you were free tomorrow." He explained.
"I'm not busy. Why?"
"I thought that if everyone was free tomorrow we could finally hit the beach! The girls got their licenses and their motorcycles so we can totally do it now! What do ya say?" He asked in an excited yet curious tone.
"Sure, I'm up for it. I'll see you and the others tomorrow." I hung up the phone and laid down on my bed again, ready to catch some more Z's. Then I shot up out of my head and got an idea. I decided to get my lazy ass out of bed and see if Marie wanted to go. Hopefully she would, cause it'd be fucking great if I could see her in a swimsuit. I got my keys and headed to the Velvet Room entrance in the shopping district.
Marie was already standing outside the entrance door. She saw me coming and said "Why're you in such a rush?"
"I have something I wanna ask you." I tell her.
"What?"
"My friends and I are heading to the beach tomorrow. I thought that you'd might wanna come. You in?" I ask with a stupid grin.
"Uhh... Sure, it sounds like fun. Plus we can spend some time together." She said with a little blush.
"Alright! Now that you've decided to come along, we need to get you a swimsuit." I say with an unnoticable bit of excitement in my voice. My plan was coming together.
...
Don't look at me like that! I just wanna see her in a swimsuit! Don't tell me you've never thought of it!
"No worries, I already have one. I thought I'd one day need it so I got it at Junes a while ago." She explained. 'YES!'
"Awesome, less trouble for us. You'll just ride behind me and I'll drive us to the beach. I gotta go get ready so I'll see ya tomorrow." I say giving her a quick kiss on the lips and heading back to the Amagi Inn to prepare.
The next day
I put on my usual attire and decided to leave my jacket at home. I grabbed my sling pack, that had my suit, towel, and tank top in it, and my keys and went to pick up Marie.
When I got there she was wearing her usual get-up as well. I handed my spare helmet and we headed out to meet the others outside of town. When we got there the first thing I noticed was Kanji on his bike and Teddie wearing rollarskates. Yukiko was right, it was kinda funny to see him like that.
"There you are what took you so long?" Youske asked anxious to get going.
"Sorry had to her up." I said pointing to Marie behind me.
"Oh, Marie's coming too? Great, the more the merrier." Chie said.
"Well what are we waiting for? Come on people we're burning daylight!" I say just as ready to go as Youske.
Time skip: A few hours later
"Chie! Is the beach really this way? We've been on the road for a while." Rise complained. She was right too. We could have been at the beach a long time ago if Chie had listened to me and let us take the shortcut that was just a few miles outside of town. But no, she wanted to show us her awful GPS skills.
"I'm positive! Can't you smell the ocean?" She asked. Since when do oceans smell.
"What smell?" Rise repeated my thought before I did.
"You can definitely trust her on this Rise. She's got the senses of a beast, remember?" Youske assured the former idol.
"What?" Chie asked pissed at Youske calling her a beast. "Hey, what are you saying!?"
"Hey, I was complimenting you!" Youske hopelessly defended himself.
"That's not a compliment, you idiot! What kind of girl wants to be compared to a big furry animal, huh!?" They went on and on as I realized how far behind the motorless morons were.
"Come on, fellas! Put some muscle into it!" I mock them.
"Dude, give me a break." Kanji said out of breath. But Ted was doing a lot worse than him. For what reason would Teddie wear his bear suit on a hot day like this. Sure I was wearing jeans but I do that all the time so I'm used to it. "Have you seen the map!? This is crazy!"
Teddie reached out in hopes of grabbing a hold of something and said "Wait... for me... I'm... done for." He then fell over.
"Should we help them?" Marie asked.
"Nah. Kanji's a tough guy and Ted's just being a drama bear. Plus what could we do? I got no space for two more passengers." I explain.
"Look the ocean!" I hear Rise say. We all admired the ocean, because it was fucking gorgeous. This place made the beach I went to as a kid look like a polluted kiddy pool.
I looked at my mirror and saw Kanji and Teddie were going balls to the motherfucking wall. They somehow got the biggest burst of stamina I had ever seen. They quickly flew by us and the others. "What the fuck!?" I shout.
"No one's gonna beat me to the water!" Chie said in a competitive tone.
"Please speed is what me and this bad boy's all about!" I also say competitively. I was made for racing and I wasn't gonna lose this one. No fucking way. No fucking how. Though Chie did almost beat me, thank God for that turtle.
I found a place to get changed and put on what I wore at the school campout when we went "swimming". Then I gave Marie a chance to change. When she was finished... Holy fucking shit, she looked hot! She wore a bright blue two piece, and goddamn did it look good on her! It perfectly showed off her perfect figure. Perfect legs, perfect ass, perfect breasts, perfect everything! I was so much in shock I didn't even realize my nose was bleeding. "I take it you like what you see?" She asked pointing to my bloody nose.
"Huh? Oh fuck!" I realised my nose was bleeding and grabbed some water out of my bag and dumped it all over my face. Over dramatic, yes. Effective, yes. Stupid, eh only a little. Once I shook my head to mess up my hair a bit, because I look awful with my wet hair back, I said "Sorry. You look great, babe."
She smiled and came up to put her arms around my neck and said "You don't look so bad yourself." We kissed for a bit before we went to join the others. We got there the same time Kanji arrived. I was kinda curious as to what a badass like him would wear.
When he came out, well... he wore a speedo. "Dude, what is that!?" Youske shouted.
"It's the thing that's haunt my nightmares for many years to come." I mutter in horror.
"What's what?" Kanji asked like he was NOT wearing a speedo.
"Your swimsuit! What else would I mean!?" Youske asked.
"It's your basic black." Did Kanji not know what was happening? We were horrified at the fact that he was wearing a speedo!
"I'm not talking about the color! I mean... I mean... the whole thing!" Youske explained.
"You're the only one saying that stuff like that!" Kanji argued.
"Well in that case... *ahem*. AHHHHHHHHH! MY EYES ARE FUCKING BLEEDING! WHY,KANJI!? WHY!? WHY ARE YOU MAKING US SUFFER LIKE THIS!? WHY CAN'T YOU WEAR NORMAL BOARD SHORTS LIKE A NORMAL DUDE!?"
"Okay, Mike, you made your point." Kanji said in defeat. Frankly I don't think I did make my point. But whatever. We then decided to have some fun in the water. Youske pushed Rise in her inner tube, Teddie just spun around in his tube, Yu held Yukiko's hands and had her float, Chie and Kanji were racing the fastest swim race I have ever seen, and Marie and I just had a good old splash fight. Yu, Youske, and I decided to take a break for a while.
"Found a vending machine. I'll go buy some drinks. You guys want anything?" Youske asked. Before we could answer we heard something.
"Eek!" We heard Yukiko scream.
"The hell?" I ask.
"My string's getting undone!" Rise said causing Yu and Youske to turn around.
"Come on guys have a little shame, like me and-"
"Mine is too!" I heard Marie shout causing me to turn around. Guess I was no better.
"Hey! Teddie! Watch the hands, pal!" Chie shouted. 'Now I know who to kill for trying to expose my girlfriend.'
"Aww, don't be so stingy! I think we're due for a "wardrobe malfunction"." Teddie defended.
"What in the world are they doing?" Youske asked.
"Apparently, Ted's giving me another reason to kill him with his bear suit." I say pissed. If Teddie thought he was gonna get away with trying to expose Marie, he was dead wrong. Emphasis on dead.
"Whoaaaaaaa!" We heard Kanji shout. He grabbed Teddie and carried hm back to shore. "Got you, you bastard!" He shouted at his prisoner.
"Busted." Teddie said disappointed that Kanji ruined his fun.
"Hey, guys! This stupid bear was..." He said walking towards us. That's when I saw "IT". We all saw "IT".
"H-Hey, hey, HEY! Not cool!" Youske shouted as we turned away from "IT".
"You guys listenin'?" Kanji asked.
"Wait. Hold it, time out!" Youske shouted. "Uh... L-Look down." He ordered.
"Down?" Kanji asked.
"Yes! Down! As in, south of the border!" I explain. That's when him and Teddie saw "IT". What is "IT" you ask? Well...
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"Holy shit, the wardrobe malfunction was mine!" "IT" was Kanji's dick. Yeah.
"What are you doing!? You need to cover up down there, dammit!" Youske shouted.
"I give up, I give up!" Teddie shouted.
"Hey, quit squirmin'! You run off and I'm toast!" Kanji explained.
"But if I don't run off, my dignity will be in ruins!" Teddie argued. We then heard the girls start talking about getting out of the water. Youske went off to find something for Kanji to cover up with. Leaving Yu and I with the naked wonder and his captive.
"You're a man. Let 'em dangle." Yu suggested Kanji to stay naked.
"Hell yeah! A man should... Nah that's pushing it. I'd be in some serious shit." Kanji denied.
"Maybe a seashell." I suggest.
"You're right! Maybe if I use this white seashell... Argh, no, that's too sexy!" Kanji rejected. Youske finally came back with... seaweed? He suggested that Kanji wrap himself up in that. When the girls started closing in on us, Kanji caved in and wrapped himself in the seaweed. But he looked like a Renaissance art model
"...What am I suppposed to say to this?" Chie asked as they walked over to us.
"We're... uh..." Youske stuttered.
"W-We're reenacting the Birth of Venus." I lie.
"Y-Yeah! I-I'm ready to be born, dammit!" Kanji went along with it.
That's when the girls ran away.
"Was this... the best idea?" Youske asked.
"Nope. It was the worst." I answer.
"Whatever else, it's givin' me an itch." Kanji said, grossing us out. That's when we realized that Kanji was wrapped in poison ivy. We also realized that Teddie might be dead cause he wasn't moving.
"Yeah... We fucked up. Big time." I say.
Time skip: One hour later
By now we found Kanji's suit washed up on the shore, and we tried to forget that awful experience. I decided that it was about time for me to have some alone time with Marie. "Hey, care to join me for a walk?" I ask offering her my hand.
"Sure." She said taking my hand. We walked on the beach for a while before we came across an isolated spot on the beach. There was literally no one where we were right now. We decided to just sit down and listen to the waves crash on top of each other. "This is nice." She said admiring the view and sound of the waves.
"Never gets old, the waves." I agreed.
"Hey can I ask you something?"
"'Sup?"
"Why are you wearing a shirt at the beach?" I was afraid she'd ask that. But I had to tell her sooner or later.
"You sure you wanna know?" I ask. She nodded. "Okay." I stood up and took of my shirt. Most of my upper body was covered in scars. I heard her gasp in horror.
"How did you get these?" She asked touching my scar riddled back.
"I got into a lot of fights at school after my mom died and... Some of my opponents didn't really fight fair. By that I mean they'd bring knives." I explained.
"You've had a hard life." She said in a sad tone.
"Not so bad anymore. I have you now." I turned around and wrapped my arms around her. She then wrapped her arms around me.
"I love you." She said in a sad but sweet tone.
"I love you too." I said in a reassuring tone. I didn't want her to worry about me more than I'm sure she already does.
She looked into my eyes for a while and pressed her lips against mine. She put one hand on the back of my head and the other on my shoulder, while I had my hands on her hips. Once she slid her tongue into my mouth, I started caressing her hips, causing her to moan a little in my mouth. I pulled away and started kissing her neck. I found her sweet spot and started sucking and biting on it. "Oh god, Michael. That feels so good." She said between moans. I courageously moved my hands from her hips to her perfect butt. She didn't stop me. In fact she pulled me closer. But we were interrupted by something else.
"Marie! Michael! Where are you two! Come on, it's time to go!" We heard Youske shout.
"Damn him." I say.
"Don't worry. We can finish another time." She said before kissing my lips one more time.
"I'm gonna hold you to that." I tease.
"Jerk." She said while playfully slapping my shoulder. We went back to the others and headed back to Inaba. I dropped Marie off at the Velvet Room, and headed home. I got in my bed after a quick shower and said "Damn you, Youske Hanamura."
What did you guys think of that little moment between Marie and Michael? Too much or what? Let me know. And I've decided that I'm going to post a lemon. But it won't be for a while, so be patient and look forward to it. In the next chapter Michael spends some time with Nanako.
Next time: Summer Draws To A Close