Always Wanted To Say That
Cast:
Cure Sunny, Hino Akane - age 15
Cure Peace, Kise Yayoi - age 15
Cure March, Midorikawa Nao - age 15
Aka-Oni, Akai Onikichi - age 14
August, 2012
Summer at the beach. Some are here for fun, but others are here for profit. In particular, Akane and Nao came to help their families' side businesses: For Akane, beach-side okonomiyaki. For Nao, beach-side snowcones. Their stands are adjacent. Competition grows heated.
Into this atmosphere steps Aka-Oni, Akai Onikichi. Of course, he is as human as the girls are, but he is large like an oni and likes to lean into the role. They have seen him do it time and again.
"We don't have time to play with you, Aka-Oni," Akane shouts while waving a ladle in the air.
"You can buy a snow cone if you want," Nao shouts, mainly to rile Akane. "I'll take your money, if you have any!"
"Hey, if he's got money, it's my okonomiyaki he should spend it on!"
"In this heat? You should know: snow is the way to go!"
Yayoi has no stake in this competition. She approaches Onikichi and quietly asks. "Do you have money? If you don't, I could-"
"Do I have money?" Onikichi chuckles, then hefts the prop treasure chest he has been carrying on his shoulder, slams it onto the sand, and opens it.
It is not a prop. The chest is full of real coins.
"I, Aka-Oni, have money! Okonomiyaki and snow cones, I want one of everything!"
For a moment, the girls stop and stare.
He grins, a big, toothy smile. "I've always wanted to say that."