Episode 4- Double Cross!!

Zaki slid open the door to the hotspring and walked down the stone path to the girls' side. It was
empty, so she had the entire area all to herself. Zaki draped her towel over a stone statue and
slowly sank into the warm water. She sighed.

"Good... this is just what I need to take my mind off everything," she thought to herself as she
took a small towel and placed it on her forehead, closing her eyes and relaxing.

Nago peeked over the bamboo wall separating the boys' and the girls' hotsprings. Sirrus' head
popped up next to his. They looked over and saw Zaki at the other end of the pool. Nago smiled
and hopped over the fence. He landed softly, unnoticed by Zaki, and silently crept over to the
stone statue, snatching the towel and flinging it over his shoulder. He hopped back over the fence,
handed Sirrus the towel, and the two rushed over to their room.

"So, what are we going to do with Zaki's towel again?" asked Nago curiously.

Sirrus sighed. "We're going to leave her there... you know as well as I do that we'll never have
enough money to pay her back. This is the only way to get rid of her."

"So you mean we're gonna leave her here without money or clothes?" questioned Nago.

"Exactly. Now let's get going," ordered Sirrus, stuffing Zaki's purse into his backpack and exiting
the room.

"How long do you think it will be before she finds out we ditched her?"

"I'd guess about ten minutes, but that's still plenty of time to escape."

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Zaki stared into the endless sky. She smiled as she twirled her hair in between her fingers. "Maybe
I was a little too mean to Nago and Sirrus. After all, they did pay for the hotel, and Sirrus
promised to repay me for the car."

Zaki reached for her towel. When she felt the cold stone of the statue she had set it on, she looked
away from the sky.

"My towel! Where did it go? I could swear I left it right there!" shouted Zaki, standing up in the
hotsprings, the light breeze causing her bare body to shiver. She looked around but found no trace
of it.

"Oh no. I need to get back to the room! I can't let anyone see me naked!" she shouted.

Covering her breasts with her hands, Zaki crept out of the girls' hotsprings and into the hallway of
the hotel. She peeked around the corner, and after seeing that the hall was empty, she dashed over
to her room, flinging open the door and darting inside.

"Oh! What happened?!" shouted Zaki as she saw the inside of the room. Everything was gone!
Her clothes, her purse, her bag, all of Nago and Sirrus'...

"SIRRUS!! YOU BASTARD!!" screamed Zaki, loud enough for the entire hotel to hear.

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Sirrus pulled Zaki's clothes out of his bag. Nago looked at the demon. "What are you gonna do
with those?"

Sirrus flung them into a tree. "We don't have any use for them."

"So what now, Sirrus?"

"Now, we keep moving. You wanted to find that master of the martial arts, right?"

"Right."

"Then we'll go find him. And then we can get some training. You were a challenge back there,
kid, but you weren't a match for me."

"Oh really? I seem to remember you gasping a lot."

"Shut up. That was for drama."