I hold no claim to the characters from this kick-ass Anime. Only Aurora, Naora, Corell, Arryn, Orin, and Amira are mine.
Here's what everyone has been waiting for! Aurora's reaction to the idiots from Chapter 10!
Chapter Thirty-Five
Fake Star Strikes Back
"What's with everyone today?" Hakkai's voice cut through the silence. "I don't think I've ever seen you so quiet."
"Then stop talking before you ruin the peace." Amira teased, leaning her head back against her hand. Aurora was in the front seat, sleeping for once in a long time, Naora right behind her, staring intently at the sleeping woman as she lost herself in her thoughts. Gojyo's eyes were closed as he tried to fall asleep himself. Sanzo's eyes were closed as well and even Orin and Arryn were silent as they just stared off into the distance.
Hakkai and Gojyo began to talk, breaking the silence, though. They then found out that Goku had fallen asleep with his eyes open.
"That's actually kinda cool," Orin smiled from behind the wheel.
"That's just too god-damn creepy!" Gojyo had grabbed the other man and shook him.
Arryn sighed. "Well, there goes the sil-."
"Shut up or I'll kill you!" Sanzo's voice growled, freezing them all.
Hakkai glanced at him. "That's too weird. Sanzo shouts in his sleep."
"Uh-oh," Amira glanced over at Aurora and Naora. "You don't think that the two of them do the same thing, do you?" She and Arryn exchanged a look before Amira began to reach over to Naora.
"Leave her alone." Aurora's voice made them all jump as her eyes opened as the jeeps moved closer to another town surrounded by trees.
"Jesus, Aurora!" Orin clutched as his chest. "Give me a heart attack, why don't ya?"
Her eyes didn't move from staring ahead. "Just leave her be."
"Something really strange has been going on with Aurora since we went to Meikishi Temple."
Amira and Arryn had headed off on their own to restock their supplies when they hit the town. The boys had gone off to get some food. She didn't know where Aurora and Naora went.
"Well think about what happened." Arryn replied. "That woman trained her and raised her for nearly ten years and she watched her die right in front of her; by the hands of the woman that was supposed to be her own mother. And I'm sure the force of that creature, the Dragon woman Nera, wasn't easy to handle at all."
"True, but there's something that we don't know," Amira continued as they moved through the store. "Something that we didn't catch. Something she's hiding."
"Everyone has their secrets, Amira," Arryn told her, heading to the checkout lane. "Even us."
Amira closed her eyes. "Yeah, I know, but still…sometimes it's better to relieve stress with friends than the bottle it all up."
"Then maybe you should talk to her about it," The blonde woman told her friend. "You know how the Priestess can be."
"True, true." She turned to the cashier. "How much for all-"
"Take it! It's free!" The scared voice caught both women off guard.
Amira took in the two women behind the counter, staring at her in fear. There was a very tall woman with a pair of glasses and short red hair as a short one with a smushed face and long, matching hair. They were hanging onto eachother. Amira raised a brow. "You two okay?"
"Yes! Please! Just take it and go!"
"Well, if they say so," Arryn gathered the things in a bag or two and turned to leave. "Come on, Amira."
Amira found herself stuck at the counter, staring at the women. "I feel like I've met the two of you before."
"No, no you haven't!" The tall one squealed.
"No, I'm sure that I ha-"
"JUST GO!" The shorter one screamed. Amira frowned.
"Let's just go," Arryn grabbed her friend's sleeve and pulled her out after her. "What the hell just happened?!"
Amira continued to frown. "I'm not sure…but I'm telling you that I've seen both of those women before!"
Those two women stayed in Amira's head all day as they all joined back up for some food. Goku, Gojyo, and Orin were in their regular argument about food and booze as Aurora and Sanzo were the same annoyed looks. Arryn and Naora were laughing at the men but Hakkai wore a look on his face much like Amira's. Sanzo's anger put an end to the fighting and Arryn kept her brother from making a stupid comment that would get him shot.
"What's wrong?" Sanzo glanced at Hakkai and Amira.
"Nothing," Amira answered him, stabbing at her dumplings. "Just…thinking." ~I'm sure I've seen them. But where?~
As night fell, the men and women separated into their own rooms and settled in for the night. Goku was the only one that was actually asleep though so he didn't notice the footsteps outside like the others. Aurora stood from her bed with a sigh.
"Let's get this over with," She told the others.
"Yeah," Arryn nodded. "I want to get to sle-"
Suddenly, the door burst open and people from the town began to scream at them, talking about paying their bills and other outrageous things. Across the way, Aurora saw Sanzo and the others getting the same treatment.
"What the hell is going on?" Amira asked, scratching her head.
"I believe that must have mistaken us for someone else." Hakkai answered her.
That's when it hit her. Amira's mouth dropped open and she turned to look at Arryn. "I got it!"
"Got what?" the other woman asked.
"Where I had seen those two women before!"
"Amira, now is really not the time." Arryn told her friend.
"No, listen. Those two women were part of that impersonator group I told you we ran across before we met up with you guys!"
"You mean the one you told us about that traveled around, dressed like us?" Naora asked her.
"Uh-huh."
"Yeah," Hakkai pulled a bright face. "And that explains where I had seen those other men from before as well!"
"You mean they're the ones that pulled all this crap on us?" Orin growled. "Oh, they're gonna pay!"
"You have got to be joking."
Amira couldn't help but giggle at the look on Orin's face as they caught up to the impersonators. They looked just like she had remembered them to.
The bald 'Sanzo' was wearing a large, fake red dot in his forehead and a face sutra on his shoulders and was short as hell. 'Goku' was tall and lanky with a green gen in his coronet, 'Hakkai' was a short and fat guy and 'Gojyo' was with black hair and lighter blue.
'Aurora' was a woman with black hair dressed in the robes that Auroura would wear to the temples with such a fake replica of the headdress that it looked like it was about to break apart. 'Naora' was a young teen with blond pigtails and a very childish appearance. 'Arryn' was way taller than the others with a pair of glasses and short hair while 'Orin' was short with a smushed face, long hair, and a frown. And the best thing about that…was the one that was supposed to be Orin was a woman. 'Amira' had brown hair with an upturned nose and thick eyebrows and a mustache that could just barely be seen.
"FYI, morons!" Orin growled. "I'M NOT A WOMAN!"
"OH MY GOD!" the nine around the campfire screamed. "It's them!"
'Sanzo' couldn't believe his eyes. "But how did they-"
"Your voices can be heard throughout the village when you speak so loudly late at night." Hakkai smiled at them.
"We told you before." Gojyo glared at them. "It's dangerous to impersonate us."
"How dare you losers try to frame us?" Sanzo growled. "Don't think you'll get away with it!"
"Oh please, have mercy!"
"I…do not believe this…" Arryn still stared at the group as the others beat the hell out of them. "Who in their right mind would want to be us?"
"Who cares?" Orin turned to walk away from the bodies on the ground at their feet. "Let's just get going. Maybe this time they'll learn their lesson."
"Umm, Sakura?" the Priestess glanced at Naora. She was frowning as she stared at one of the women on the ground. "I…I really don't look like that, do I?"
Amira gave a laugh as she placed an arm around the girl's shoulders. "No, you don't. None of us do. Unless you count Orin."
"What was that?!"
Aurora gave a silent sigh as she closed her eyes, walking after the others. ~Things just keep getting weirder and weirder the further we go.~
Short, yes, but the episodes are drawing to an end and about to be very, very awesome!
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