Chapter 4: SUGOI! SHAMPOO!
Our travelers were off again but this time Sora had to ride with Tasuki who was still damp from the other night. Sora was sooooooooo pissed at Tasuki. Sure she was clean now and got to beat him up but she had a temper comparable to his although not usually as obvious. She had a pointy little stick with her, and would occasionally give Tasuki a poke in the leg.
"Poke."
"Quit it."
"Poke."
"Quit it."
"Poke."
"Quit it."
"Poke."
"WOULD YOU STOP THAT!"
"Awwe am I bugging you? I am SOOOOOOOOO sorry."
"Bull shit."
Chichiri was very observant of the land. He kept mumbling things to himself. Sora noticed and asked what was wrong. "I think we have been going in circles no da. We have passed that mountain a million times no da." Sora gave a sigh.
"So where do we go now then."
"Might as well go towards that mountain no da."
They took their time and reached the very large mountain in about a half- hour. As soon as they got there Tasuki growled, "WHERE BACK AT MT. TAIKIOKU!!!" Chichiri shook his head.
"No this isn't Mt. Taikioku. Its vibe is similar though no da." All three of them unmounted their horses and began to walk up the mountain. Chichiri stopped suddenly and paused. "Something is coming no da."
All of a sudden about a half a dozen little boys appeared shouting "Fix! Heal!" and a very butt ugly old man. Tasuki freaked out and Sora covered her eyes. Chichiri would have covered his but he already had his mask. The old man spoke.
"Christ you three took forever. I have been waiting for weeks and you kept riding past the mountain! You should have felt Ummei." Sora uncovered her eyes and walk up to the old man.
"Ummei? You mean this was it all along?"
"Yep."
The old man looked a lot like Taitsukun and the little boys looked like Nyan Nyan. "Well now we should get to business. Everyone hold on to my robe." All of them were transported to a palace high in the clouds. The old man sat himself down and motioned for them to do the same. "You would most likely want to know who I am. I am Tai Yi-Jun. Taitsukun's brother and these are annoying.er I mean shounen Nyan which are the Nyan Nyan's brothers." Then all of a sudden The boy Nyan's broke in, "Don't be confused don't be confused! Call us Shonyan call us Shonyan! We fix heal you!"
"WILL YOU LET ME FINISH! Well now then let us get comfy before we begin. Sora."
"Ha.hai sempai.?"
"I would think that you would want some things from your world. You may have them within reason."
"REALLY!!! SUGOI!!!!!"
"Go with the Shonyan and they will allow you to write down what you need and they will get them from your world." The Shonyan led Sora to a piece of paper and pencil.
"Write write!" She began to make a list.32oz bottle of Redken shampoo and conditioner, Christian Dijor eye liner, hairbrush, tooth brush, clothes, journal, drawing notebook, astrology book, laptop and the what not. When she gave the Shonyan the paper with her list she asked them, "How much time has passed in my world?"
"No time no time!"
"How could that be?!"
"Disturbance in the cycle between worlds disturbance!"
"So I will not have to worry about time in my world?"
"Not until you go back go back." Sora gave a sigh of relief and wiped a sweat drop from her forehead.
Moments later the Shonyan appeared with Sora's Tommy Hilfinger luggage bulging with clothes and other items. There was on small bag however that had her toothbrush and such. One Shonyan handed her that bag. She looked at and her eyes began to sparkle. She pulled out the shampoo and conditioner.
"Where is the nearest bath?"
"We take you we take you now!"
"Sugoi.shampoo."
Sora was lead to the main hall to where Chichiri, Tasuki and Ti Yi-Jun were talking. Ti Yi-Jun stopped the Shonyan and Sora.
"Over the next few days I would like you and your companions to stay here while I discuss our objectives so for the time being you may relax Sora."
"REALLY!? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! BOOYAH!!!!!!" Sora jumped about in joy and the Shonyan led her to the baths.
The Shonyan set down towels and left her in peace. Sora took out her hair brush and brushed threw her slightly limp hair and then undressed. She slowly got into the bath and grabbed her shampoo and conditioner. As she washed she yelled in joy reenacting the Herbal Essence commercials.
"She's got the erge! (Natural botanicals) She's go the erge to herbal! She's got the herbal in the shower.for another half and hour. She's got the erge to HERBAL!" Chichiri was in the hall and passed by as he heard Sora singing that. All he could think to himself was, "Girls from her world are very odd no da." Sora stayed in the bath for almost four hours! When she emerged she covered herself with an oddly small towel and peeked outside the door. The coast was clear and she bolted for her room which she was shown earlier. When she reached the door it was a little jammed. She gave it a tug but nothing happened. Then she gave a harder tug and to no avail.still shut. At the same time Tasuki was rearing the corner and saw her struggling. He would have helped her but stood there in amusement instead. She backed up a little bit and began to charge at the door. Tasuki gave a large laugh and then she kind of faltered. Her towel slipped right down to her ankles. Tasuki stopped laughing. Sora got the door open and run right in. She yelled in her room.
"GOD DAMNIT! HE SAW ME THAT FREAKING PERVERTED BANDIT!" Tasuki went up to the door and yelled.
"I DIDN'T SEE NOTHIN'!" He heard a smash against the door. Sora had obviously thrown something at it. Tasuki then whispered to himself, "I didn't see much anyhow...well actually." Tasuki walked away and at that very moment Sora began to throw her clothes about her room.
"Son of a bitch saw me! First at the pond and now in the buff! Shit ass bitch damnit!" She took a breather and saw her little mess. "Damn do I hate my little tantrums."
She picked up her clothes and tossed them on the bed. She would deal with that later. She grabbed a fresh pair of underwear with lemon pictures on them and slid on a pair of black pants and a black tank top with a Chinese geisha on the front.. She dried her hair which was now quite wavy and twisted some braids threw it. She put on some eyeliner and squirted on some lavender perfume. She tugged a little on her favorite necklace, a small garnet tear shaped pendant and a small tear shaped moonstone pendant on a short silver chain. She took a long look at herself and smiled happily. She gave herself a pat on the back for her job well done and walked out of her room down the hall.
Chichiri was talking to Tasuki. "Do all girls take forever getting ready no da?" Chichiri shook his head. Tasuki grinned.
"I'm she will be done in a few minutes. I just saw her in the halls about 20 minutes ago."
"Tasuki your red no da. What happened no da?"
Sora heard what they were saying so she finished Tasuki's reply for him. "I came out of the baths and I was trying to get into my room and my towel fell down. He got a good show." Sora laughed. Chichiri gave Tasuki a glare and then a short smirk. Chichiri gave Sora a pat on the shoulder and motioned for her to follow him.
"Did you beat the hell out of Tasuki no da?"
"Well I was kind of busy running into my room ya know."
"So how much did he see no da?"
"Well he says he saw nothing but I think he got a little peek. Hehe."
"Last time he only saw you in your underwear and you freaked out quite a bit. Why didn't you this time no da?"
"If I did freak I would have killed the poor guy haha. I made quite a mess of my room and broke a few vases hehe."
"Well better take it out on stationery items rather then on Tasuki I suppose no da hehe."
Like usual Chichiri and Sora chatted about small things. They walked out to the balcony and looked out on Mt. Ummei.
"Pretty huh?"
"Yeah no da."
"Have you had any of those weird dreams lately?"
"No. Not since you had come no da."
"You said that I was the one in your dream right? What was it about?"
"All I saw was a girl's eyes." Chichiri lied. "Don't worry about that right now no da. You don't need to worry about anything right now no da."
"Hmmm.I guess your right."
"When you were at the pond.can you tell me what you saw again no da?"
"Well I guess but I don't know."
"You don't have to tell me if you don't."
"Nah it's ok. I looked down and I saw my reflection and it wasn't quite me. My eyes were dark and I had a distressed look on my face. And I thought I saw wings. I was shocked."
"I can imagine."
"Well I guess I will find out what it all means soon enough. Although I'm not really sure I wanna know."
"Don't worry. You need to keep in best spirits." Chichiri gave Sora a pat on her head. "Wow what did you do to your hair? It looks great and its really soft no da."
"Just something called shampoo." Sora grinned. She gave Chichiri a wave and walked off to her room. She walked in, grabbed her diskman, and popped in a CD called Sora's Mix that she burned off her computer. She sat on top of her clothes thrown on her bed and grabbed her journal(since bringing a laptop into that world was the one thing within reason she wanted but couldn't have). She began to write about what had happened in the few months she was in the book world. She listened to her track one Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song "Into the Great Wide Open." She listened to it and wrote down some of the lyrics since they pertained to her present moment.
Into the great wide open. Under the sky so blue. Under the great wide open. A rebel without a clue.
Chichiri and Tasuki stopped by Sora's room to check on her as usual and found her asleep. Chichiri closed her journal and put it and her diskman on a nearby desk and laid a blanket on top of her. Tasuki went over to her diskman and began hitting buttons. The song "Deep" by Nine Inch Nails came on full blast almost killing his brain cells. He began hitting buttons again and the song "Pure Snow" from the Himiko-Den anime series. He's listened to it for a moment and thought to himself 'This song is pretty.' He motioned to Chichiri to come and listen to the song and he did. AS Chichiri was getting a lesson on modern music Tasuki grabbed Sora's journal off the table and began to read it.
January 7, 2001 I got back to school after a seemingly short vacation and all's well. There was this one boy I liked and at last weeks' dance.
Tasuki flipped a few pages. "Not this boring girlie crap.erg." Tasuki moaned to himself. He flipped a few more pages and came to the section where her friends began to mess with her.
It makes me so angry when they leave me behind. I never leave them out of my plans. They are like family to me and they continue to do this. It's very cruel. I shouldn't over react. Absence makes the heart grow fonder after all.
Tasuki sat in a chair and flip two more pages. He rested his head in his hands and began to read more knowing he may regret it later.
I asked them all to meet me at 7:00 but they went without me. They spoiled my surprise! Why do I bother doing these things for inconsiderate people? Perhaps they are not being mean and I am only getting the wrong impression. Please let that be the case.
Tasuki wiped a sweatdrop from his forehead. He knew where this was leading. He flipped a few more pages fast forwarding to a week after the last entry he read.
I have always hated to be alone. They always go on their so-called 'races.' Running around the block without me and not showing up for 10 minutes or longer sometimes. It pissed me off so much! I asked them if they would stop. They left me in that alley all alone in the dark. I HATE being alone. And those boys in the alley where happy enough to oblige a lonely girl. No matter how fast I ran and how hard I screamed my friends never came. I got away from those boys but my friends left me to the snakes. I went back and said the last thing I would ever say to them. "I hope your dreams haunt you less then they did myself." I can always make new friends right?
Tasuki thought to himself, 'SHE WAS ATTACKED AND NO ONE HELPED HER! THOSE BASTARDS!" He turned a few more pages.
I kept on a smile and hung out with a few of my other friends acting as if though I was as happy as I could be. I'm not happy. I miss my friends! I forgive and forget too easily. Time will heal these wounds. I will never forgive them. Never.
Tasuki turned the page.
I can't stop crying. Everything reminds me of them! Please god let me find happiness and let me find a true kindred! Let this agony end otherwise I don't think I can live much longer!
Tasuki looked over at Sora sleeping peacefully. He pulled back his hair and turned another page but to no avail. Chichiri caught site of Tasuki reading Sora's journal and took it from him.
"You shouldn't be reading that no da."
"Yeah well it was just laying around."
"Still no da."
"All right I won't do it again.jesus."
Sora began to slightly stir and Chichiri pushed Tasuki out of the room while he himself left. Sora opened her eyes slightly and noticed her journal and diskman was placed on the table and she was tucked in tightly. She closed her eyes again and smiled. 'Chichiri and Tasuki are so kind. I'm glad they are my friends.' With that Sora fell asleep again with a calm mind.
At that moment Tasuki was lying in his room thinking about what he had read. 'Looks like she has been through a lot. She seems ok now though.' Chichiri was in the main hall talking to Ti Yi-Jun. Ti Yi-Jun began to talk about what he had planned for the next day.
"Sora needs to learn about her past and about herself. I think I may have a way to help her. Like it or not she needs to face what I have to show her. She won't like it. I'm sure of it."
"I don't know what could be so bad. Why does she need to know all this no da?"
"When you first met her you questioned if she had any powers. She may or may not and this should help us figure it out. Tomorrow I would like you to gather Sora and bring her to the shrine behind the palace."
"Hai no da." Chichiri walked down the halls to his room. He looked at Sora's door for a moment and continued to his room. He had a bad feeling about the next morning.
Our travelers were off again but this time Sora had to ride with Tasuki who was still damp from the other night. Sora was sooooooooo pissed at Tasuki. Sure she was clean now and got to beat him up but she had a temper comparable to his although not usually as obvious. She had a pointy little stick with her, and would occasionally give Tasuki a poke in the leg.
"Poke."
"Quit it."
"Poke."
"Quit it."
"Poke."
"Quit it."
"Poke."
"WOULD YOU STOP THAT!"
"Awwe am I bugging you? I am SOOOOOOOOO sorry."
"Bull shit."
Chichiri was very observant of the land. He kept mumbling things to himself. Sora noticed and asked what was wrong. "I think we have been going in circles no da. We have passed that mountain a million times no da." Sora gave a sigh.
"So where do we go now then."
"Might as well go towards that mountain no da."
They took their time and reached the very large mountain in about a half- hour. As soon as they got there Tasuki growled, "WHERE BACK AT MT. TAIKIOKU!!!" Chichiri shook his head.
"No this isn't Mt. Taikioku. Its vibe is similar though no da." All three of them unmounted their horses and began to walk up the mountain. Chichiri stopped suddenly and paused. "Something is coming no da."
All of a sudden about a half a dozen little boys appeared shouting "Fix! Heal!" and a very butt ugly old man. Tasuki freaked out and Sora covered her eyes. Chichiri would have covered his but he already had his mask. The old man spoke.
"Christ you three took forever. I have been waiting for weeks and you kept riding past the mountain! You should have felt Ummei." Sora uncovered her eyes and walk up to the old man.
"Ummei? You mean this was it all along?"
"Yep."
The old man looked a lot like Taitsukun and the little boys looked like Nyan Nyan. "Well now we should get to business. Everyone hold on to my robe." All of them were transported to a palace high in the clouds. The old man sat himself down and motioned for them to do the same. "You would most likely want to know who I am. I am Tai Yi-Jun. Taitsukun's brother and these are annoying.er I mean shounen Nyan which are the Nyan Nyan's brothers." Then all of a sudden The boy Nyan's broke in, "Don't be confused don't be confused! Call us Shonyan call us Shonyan! We fix heal you!"
"WILL YOU LET ME FINISH! Well now then let us get comfy before we begin. Sora."
"Ha.hai sempai.?"
"I would think that you would want some things from your world. You may have them within reason."
"REALLY!!! SUGOI!!!!!"
"Go with the Shonyan and they will allow you to write down what you need and they will get them from your world." The Shonyan led Sora to a piece of paper and pencil.
"Write write!" She began to make a list.32oz bottle of Redken shampoo and conditioner, Christian Dijor eye liner, hairbrush, tooth brush, clothes, journal, drawing notebook, astrology book, laptop and the what not. When she gave the Shonyan the paper with her list she asked them, "How much time has passed in my world?"
"No time no time!"
"How could that be?!"
"Disturbance in the cycle between worlds disturbance!"
"So I will not have to worry about time in my world?"
"Not until you go back go back." Sora gave a sigh of relief and wiped a sweat drop from her forehead.
Moments later the Shonyan appeared with Sora's Tommy Hilfinger luggage bulging with clothes and other items. There was on small bag however that had her toothbrush and such. One Shonyan handed her that bag. She looked at and her eyes began to sparkle. She pulled out the shampoo and conditioner.
"Where is the nearest bath?"
"We take you we take you now!"
"Sugoi.shampoo."
Sora was lead to the main hall to where Chichiri, Tasuki and Ti Yi-Jun were talking. Ti Yi-Jun stopped the Shonyan and Sora.
"Over the next few days I would like you and your companions to stay here while I discuss our objectives so for the time being you may relax Sora."
"REALLY!? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! BOOYAH!!!!!!" Sora jumped about in joy and the Shonyan led her to the baths.
The Shonyan set down towels and left her in peace. Sora took out her hair brush and brushed threw her slightly limp hair and then undressed. She slowly got into the bath and grabbed her shampoo and conditioner. As she washed she yelled in joy reenacting the Herbal Essence commercials.
"She's got the erge! (Natural botanicals) She's go the erge to herbal! She's got the herbal in the shower.for another half and hour. She's got the erge to HERBAL!" Chichiri was in the hall and passed by as he heard Sora singing that. All he could think to himself was, "Girls from her world are very odd no da." Sora stayed in the bath for almost four hours! When she emerged she covered herself with an oddly small towel and peeked outside the door. The coast was clear and she bolted for her room which she was shown earlier. When she reached the door it was a little jammed. She gave it a tug but nothing happened. Then she gave a harder tug and to no avail.still shut. At the same time Tasuki was rearing the corner and saw her struggling. He would have helped her but stood there in amusement instead. She backed up a little bit and began to charge at the door. Tasuki gave a large laugh and then she kind of faltered. Her towel slipped right down to her ankles. Tasuki stopped laughing. Sora got the door open and run right in. She yelled in her room.
"GOD DAMNIT! HE SAW ME THAT FREAKING PERVERTED BANDIT!" Tasuki went up to the door and yelled.
"I DIDN'T SEE NOTHIN'!" He heard a smash against the door. Sora had obviously thrown something at it. Tasuki then whispered to himself, "I didn't see much anyhow...well actually." Tasuki walked away and at that very moment Sora began to throw her clothes about her room.
"Son of a bitch saw me! First at the pond and now in the buff! Shit ass bitch damnit!" She took a breather and saw her little mess. "Damn do I hate my little tantrums."
She picked up her clothes and tossed them on the bed. She would deal with that later. She grabbed a fresh pair of underwear with lemon pictures on them and slid on a pair of black pants and a black tank top with a Chinese geisha on the front.. She dried her hair which was now quite wavy and twisted some braids threw it. She put on some eyeliner and squirted on some lavender perfume. She tugged a little on her favorite necklace, a small garnet tear shaped pendant and a small tear shaped moonstone pendant on a short silver chain. She took a long look at herself and smiled happily. She gave herself a pat on the back for her job well done and walked out of her room down the hall.
Chichiri was talking to Tasuki. "Do all girls take forever getting ready no da?" Chichiri shook his head. Tasuki grinned.
"I'm she will be done in a few minutes. I just saw her in the halls about 20 minutes ago."
"Tasuki your red no da. What happened no da?"
Sora heard what they were saying so she finished Tasuki's reply for him. "I came out of the baths and I was trying to get into my room and my towel fell down. He got a good show." Sora laughed. Chichiri gave Tasuki a glare and then a short smirk. Chichiri gave Sora a pat on the shoulder and motioned for her to follow him.
"Did you beat the hell out of Tasuki no da?"
"Well I was kind of busy running into my room ya know."
"So how much did he see no da?"
"Well he says he saw nothing but I think he got a little peek. Hehe."
"Last time he only saw you in your underwear and you freaked out quite a bit. Why didn't you this time no da?"
"If I did freak I would have killed the poor guy haha. I made quite a mess of my room and broke a few vases hehe."
"Well better take it out on stationery items rather then on Tasuki I suppose no da hehe."
Like usual Chichiri and Sora chatted about small things. They walked out to the balcony and looked out on Mt. Ummei.
"Pretty huh?"
"Yeah no da."
"Have you had any of those weird dreams lately?"
"No. Not since you had come no da."
"You said that I was the one in your dream right? What was it about?"
"All I saw was a girl's eyes." Chichiri lied. "Don't worry about that right now no da. You don't need to worry about anything right now no da."
"Hmmm.I guess your right."
"When you were at the pond.can you tell me what you saw again no da?"
"Well I guess but I don't know."
"You don't have to tell me if you don't."
"Nah it's ok. I looked down and I saw my reflection and it wasn't quite me. My eyes were dark and I had a distressed look on my face. And I thought I saw wings. I was shocked."
"I can imagine."
"Well I guess I will find out what it all means soon enough. Although I'm not really sure I wanna know."
"Don't worry. You need to keep in best spirits." Chichiri gave Sora a pat on her head. "Wow what did you do to your hair? It looks great and its really soft no da."
"Just something called shampoo." Sora grinned. She gave Chichiri a wave and walked off to her room. She walked in, grabbed her diskman, and popped in a CD called Sora's Mix that she burned off her computer. She sat on top of her clothes thrown on her bed and grabbed her journal(since bringing a laptop into that world was the one thing within reason she wanted but couldn't have). She began to write about what had happened in the few months she was in the book world. She listened to her track one Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song "Into the Great Wide Open." She listened to it and wrote down some of the lyrics since they pertained to her present moment.
Into the great wide open. Under the sky so blue. Under the great wide open. A rebel without a clue.
Chichiri and Tasuki stopped by Sora's room to check on her as usual and found her asleep. Chichiri closed her journal and put it and her diskman on a nearby desk and laid a blanket on top of her. Tasuki went over to her diskman and began hitting buttons. The song "Deep" by Nine Inch Nails came on full blast almost killing his brain cells. He began hitting buttons again and the song "Pure Snow" from the Himiko-Den anime series. He's listened to it for a moment and thought to himself 'This song is pretty.' He motioned to Chichiri to come and listen to the song and he did. AS Chichiri was getting a lesson on modern music Tasuki grabbed Sora's journal off the table and began to read it.
January 7, 2001 I got back to school after a seemingly short vacation and all's well. There was this one boy I liked and at last weeks' dance.
Tasuki flipped a few pages. "Not this boring girlie crap.erg." Tasuki moaned to himself. He flipped a few more pages and came to the section where her friends began to mess with her.
It makes me so angry when they leave me behind. I never leave them out of my plans. They are like family to me and they continue to do this. It's very cruel. I shouldn't over react. Absence makes the heart grow fonder after all.
Tasuki sat in a chair and flip two more pages. He rested his head in his hands and began to read more knowing he may regret it later.
I asked them all to meet me at 7:00 but they went without me. They spoiled my surprise! Why do I bother doing these things for inconsiderate people? Perhaps they are not being mean and I am only getting the wrong impression. Please let that be the case.
Tasuki wiped a sweatdrop from his forehead. He knew where this was leading. He flipped a few more pages fast forwarding to a week after the last entry he read.
I have always hated to be alone. They always go on their so-called 'races.' Running around the block without me and not showing up for 10 minutes or longer sometimes. It pissed me off so much! I asked them if they would stop. They left me in that alley all alone in the dark. I HATE being alone. And those boys in the alley where happy enough to oblige a lonely girl. No matter how fast I ran and how hard I screamed my friends never came. I got away from those boys but my friends left me to the snakes. I went back and said the last thing I would ever say to them. "I hope your dreams haunt you less then they did myself." I can always make new friends right?
Tasuki thought to himself, 'SHE WAS ATTACKED AND NO ONE HELPED HER! THOSE BASTARDS!" He turned a few more pages.
I kept on a smile and hung out with a few of my other friends acting as if though I was as happy as I could be. I'm not happy. I miss my friends! I forgive and forget too easily. Time will heal these wounds. I will never forgive them. Never.
Tasuki turned the page.
I can't stop crying. Everything reminds me of them! Please god let me find happiness and let me find a true kindred! Let this agony end otherwise I don't think I can live much longer!
Tasuki looked over at Sora sleeping peacefully. He pulled back his hair and turned another page but to no avail. Chichiri caught site of Tasuki reading Sora's journal and took it from him.
"You shouldn't be reading that no da."
"Yeah well it was just laying around."
"Still no da."
"All right I won't do it again.jesus."
Sora began to slightly stir and Chichiri pushed Tasuki out of the room while he himself left. Sora opened her eyes slightly and noticed her journal and diskman was placed on the table and she was tucked in tightly. She closed her eyes again and smiled. 'Chichiri and Tasuki are so kind. I'm glad they are my friends.' With that Sora fell asleep again with a calm mind.
At that moment Tasuki was lying in his room thinking about what he had read. 'Looks like she has been through a lot. She seems ok now though.' Chichiri was in the main hall talking to Ti Yi-Jun. Ti Yi-Jun began to talk about what he had planned for the next day.
"Sora needs to learn about her past and about herself. I think I may have a way to help her. Like it or not she needs to face what I have to show her. She won't like it. I'm sure of it."
"I don't know what could be so bad. Why does she need to know all this no da?"
"When you first met her you questioned if she had any powers. She may or may not and this should help us figure it out. Tomorrow I would like you to gather Sora and bring her to the shrine behind the palace."
"Hai no da." Chichiri walked down the halls to his room. He looked at Sora's door for a moment and continued to his room. He had a bad feeling about the next morning.