"He's a PERVERT!" Chika growled as she strode into the kitchen of the Maple Inn. "Wanting to take naked pictures of me ON THE BEACH!" she wailed.
By the sink, Mariko turned, frowned at her, and asked, "Chika, just what were you doing today?"
Flinging her arms as she spoke, Chika ranted, "He ruined a perfect moment by ... being a PERVERT!"
"What happened?" Mario asked.
"Well, first he told me to slap him, then he said it was that or he'd..." Chika stopped mid rant. Yes, Uncle Bill had wanted her to slap him. When she didn't, he said something that did make her want to slap him. Gapping at Mariko, she suddenly got it. "He did that because we were being watched. We were on our way home, and ... he didn't want that man to follow us."
"Uncle Bill made you slap him?" Mariko guessed.
Chika nodded thoughtfully. "He didn't follow me home. I wonder if he went after than man?" she mussed.
"What man?" Mariko asked.
From the hallway, Kyoko called out, "Chika! Phone call for you. It's Uncle Bill!"
Chika raced to the phone. Picking up, she said, "Uncle Bill, I am so sorry!"
Bill's chuckle sounded over the phone. "No need to be, you did exactly what I wanted you to," he assured her.
"You're not following him are you?" she asked as she gripped the receiver.
"No, but I did get a good look at him after you left. Thank you for your help."
"But ... I slapped you!"
"That you did. A good honest slap. That gave me the chance to get a good look at him. If he ever comes around here, we'll know," Bill said.
"You're not angry with me?" Chika asked. Her hand still hurt from that slap.
"I'm proud of you. You did good today. Tell the girls I'll bring them ice cream for after dinner if they can play a good game of Nudgie for me. See you later."
Chika held the receiver as the phone went to a dial tone. Bill had been so nice to her today, and he did what he had to do to keep that man from finding their home. She decided she had to do something special for him.
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All eyes of the family were on the game, their faces tense as Chizu and Kyoko concentrated with deep frowns on the Nudgie board. On the board, only two pins remained standing amid many fallen pins. Mariko, Hisoka and Bill winced as a pin Chizu pushed, slid two squares, tipped dangerously, then settled back to remain upright, one square from the back row on Kyoko's side. A sigh of relief came from everyone watching the game.
Koyko pushed her remaining pin, which was one row from Chizu's back row. The pin slid with a wobble and went a bit too far, tumbling off the end of the board.
Seeing this, Chizu jumped up, arms in the air as she cried, "I WIN!"
Cheers sounded as Kyoko winced.
"I'd say you both won, that was an excellent game," Bill assured Kyoko.
"I finally beat Suzanne at something!" Chizu cried happily into the air.
Clapping for them, Hisoka announced, "Uncle Bill is right, you both won. That was a hard game and you did very well."
"And the winners get ... Papaya flavored ice cream," Mariko said happily.
The girls' faces lit up.
"Yay! I wanna try it!" Chizu said happily.
"Ohh, I wanna try it too!" Kyoko echoed.
"Me too!" Yoko agreed.
"I'll help get the winners their prize, and you too, Yoko," Chika said, scuffing the girl's hair as she got up to follow Mariko. Walking around the table to where Bill sat, Chika put a hand on his shoulder and said softly into his ear, "I have something for you later. Don't leave!"
Bill looked at her and nodded absently. Chika only gave him a grin from the doorway as she left. Normally, he'd be off for his mini-room not long after dinner. Tonight, the epic Nudgie game was on, so he stayed to watch the girls play.
"This is a lot harder than whacking tank rounds, but it is fun," Chizu told Yoko happily.
"I'll get better, then it will be my turn to win," Kyoko announced.
"Nobody's the real winner, until they beat me. I'll really good at it, right Onii-chan?" Yoko said proudly to Hisoka.
"The next winner plays Yoko!" Chizu announced.
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The ice cream had the girls' full attention. First they ate and marveled at the new flavor, then had a contest of who could withstand the headache from eating it as fast as they could. Soon, all three girls were giggling out 'ouches' as they held their heads.
Bill felt a tap on his shoulder as he watched the girls being silly. Behind him, Chika hooked a finger to silently motion for him follow. He did, not sure what to expect.
Chika led him to the bath. Inside, she handed him a robe. Motioning to the wooden grated floor, she said, "You are going to have a traditional bath. Take your clothes off, put the robe on, and sit like you're at the table. I'll be back soon."
Eyeing her, Bill asked, "Ummm, what's a traditional bath?"
"You'll see. Do as I ask, please," Chika said, then shut the door behind her as she went out.
Bill did as she asked, and settled down with his legs folded under him. He knew Japanese were very big in tradition. He was thinking she was going to bring him something to drink, or do some incense thing before the bath.
"Are you ready?" Chika asked from the hallway.
"Ahh, sure."
Chika came in wearing her own robe, which was decorated with elegantly stitched flowers and vines. Her pink hair was made up into a bun with a pair of decorative sticks through it. As she knelt beside him, he noted one long, slim leg was visible when the robe came partway open. He quickly diverted his gaze. When she reached up to pull his robe off, he clapped his hands down on hers to stop her.
"Whoa, what are you doing?" he asked nervously.
Speaking firmly, Chika said, "This is a traditional bath. Just sit there. I'll wash you."
"What!" he cried as he held onto his robe a bit tighter.
"There is nothing to be ashamed of," Chika said evenly. "Now let's get that robe off."
"Hang on, hang on!" Bill said quickly as he resisted her attempt to pull his robe down. "I can wash myself," he said defensively.
"This is a ceremony, feel honored and COOPERATE!" Chika said with a touch of anger in her voice.
Seeing the irises of her eyes tinging with red, Bill let her slip his robe off. He covered his groin with his hands. "This is so not right," he whispered to himself.
"Relax, and enjoy the honor," Chika said crisply. She got behind him and started washing his back.
"So, what's the reason for this ... tradition?" Bill asked, trying to ignore the young female hands slowly running up and down his back. "I mean, traditions usually have a. ahhh," he stopped talking in a gasp as she did something with her hands on his lower back that sent very pleasant tingles up his back and down into his groin he was trying to hide.
"Shh," she whispered in his ear. "Just relax."
"That's kinda hard at the moment," he replied. Despite how he was trying NOT to think about what was happening and the beautiful girl behind him, it was getting hard indeed.
Chika was happy to wash his back for a while, then she moved to his neck and shoulders. She then instructed him to lift his arms up.
Bill lifted one arm.
"Both," Chika said as she gently pulled up on his other one.
Quickly he stuffed his manhood down between his legs and clamped them shut before lifting his other arm. It hurt, but it was better than the alternative.
Slowly, Chika ran a soaked sponge along his arms as he grimaced in misery. By accident, she leaned close enough to touch him. He knew what the two firm points caressing his back were.
"Chika, your robe is open," he managed to get out.
"I took it off. I don't want to get it wet," she explained in a silky voice.
She took it off?! "I can't take much more of this," Bill said weakly.
"Would you like to wash me?" she asked as she slipped her hands around him to wash his chest. This time he felt her breasts pressing fully against his back.
"I don't think we should be doing this," Bill said in a squeak. Damn, it was really beginning to be painful down there!
Bill's heart thundering in his ears didn't let him hear the voices in the hallway until the door slid open. He snapped his head to see Chizu, Kyoko and Yoko standing in the doorway, staring at him. Behind them was Mariko, who also wore a slack jawed gape.
Chika let out a yelp and her robe appeared to cover them as she pressed against him. "Give us a minute, please," she said in a high pitched voice.
"S...sorry to intrude," Mariko said as her face went red. She hustled the girls back out the door.
"Oh, God, I'm a dead man," Bill muttered. When Lady Himari found out about this, he'd be knotted up in that garbage can for sure. Maybe compacted too.
Chika let out a frustrated whine. When Bill's robe appeared in front of him, he donned it quickly.
"I am so sorry, I wanted this to be special," Chika said in a sad tone.
"You ... I ..." Bill stuttered, trying to come up with a rational thought as he tied his robe with his back to her. Fear and embarrassment finally won over lust. He was able to turn around and see Chika looking like she was ready to cry. To his relief, she was covered up in her robe. She looked really upset. Gaining some of his wits back, Bill offered, "Thank you for offering me ... a special tradition. I do appreciate it... that was very thoughtful of you."
That didn't seem to comfort Chika any. Lacking anything else to do, Bill went to give her a hug of comfort. As he came close, she latched onto him tightly.
In a burst of words, she said, "Just tell me you want me!"
Oh boy. This girl was going to drive him mad before long. "Chika ... how could I not?" he asked in a voice rough from his situation. "You are everything a guy could ever dream about. The fact is, I'm damn near old enough to be your father."
"I don't care," she said into his chest. "You are very kind, or Chizu and Kyoko wouldn't love you so much. You work very hard for us ... I know you will be a good father. I know you will do your best!"
"Chika..." he began. The logical part of him wanted to kindly reject her, and tell her she needed someone her own age. The other part of him wanted desperately to lie her down right here, and screw her brains out. He also wondered how in the hell this happened.
Stepping back, Chika cast him a look of determination and said, "You are confused. That's fine. As you are proving yourself to me, I will prove myself to you." She then walked to the door and slid it open. Turning back, she said again, "I will prove myself to you."
Bill stood immobile as the door shut. "Oh boy," he said softly.
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Lady Himari, Hisoka and Mariko had been working to teach Chizu and Kyoko their language. The girls were learning much, but they needed more social interaction. They also decided that they should get Chika away from Uncle Bill before there was real trouble.
Bill quickly agreed they needed a 'family outing' without him. The new gate and entry system was coming in today, and he was still nervous around Chika. Chizu and Kyoko weren't happy that he was being left behind. Bill explained to them they needed to spend some time with their Papa Hisoka. Upon Chika demanding to stay and work with him, he told he he needed her to watch out for the girls. Chika wasn't happy, but she went with them.
With the family gone, Bill breathed a sigh of relief. He finally had some alone time outside his little coffin of a room. He worked at the new sliding track for the gate, which was thick stainless steel.
Not long after he had it in place, the men with the gate came. Bill enlisted their help hanging the gate. Once it was done Bill went to work on the entry system, a deep boxed keypad set into the wall that was the only way to open the gate.
Bill was finishing the hookup outside on the wall, when he noted the Agency man from before come strolling towards him. This time the man was wearing a wide brimmed hat, long rain coat, and had his hands in his pockets. He knew the cameras were there, and was trying to avoid being identified. Not a good sign, it could be a gun or stunning device he was hiding in that voluminous coat. Bill finished up, then hit the '3' to lock the gate and alert security before he closed the box to face the man.
