Well, as usual, I do not own any of these characters and/or places seen on the show, game, etc.
Part 10: Koushirou's Island!
The night of the wreck, before Mimi and the others go off in search of Izzy and Miyako the next morn...
Izzy sat up and looked around, realizing that it was nighttime, very late night, really early morning due to the position of the moon.
"Where am I?" Koushirou asked while yawning a bit. "Where are Mimi-san and the others?"
The boy looked around and noticed that he was surrounded by a lot of sand and that he was right by the ocean.
"What am I doing here on the beach?" he queried. "Did I fall asleep out here? Was the argument that I had with Miyako before going site seeing a dream?"
He then looked down and realized he was holding something.
"Oh, my present," he frowned. "That means I didn't dream up that argument we had a night ago, it really happened."
The boy then felt his head, and winced in pain a bit.
"Ow, where did this strange bruise come from?"
The boy then stood up. He was soaked with salty seawater and noticed something a little ways from him. As he walked, he tried to remember what had happened and how he could've ended up where he had ended up. He then remembered how he was attempting to talk with Miyako, him dropping his package and retrieving it, a sharp pain in his head, and then everything going black after that.
"I wonder what happened..."
When he got to the other end of the beach, he saw a glasses-less girl, sleeping soundly. Koushirou recognized the lavender-haired girl in an instant.
"Miyako-kun!"
The girl stirred and stretched her arms out. She saw that she was soaked with seawater and that her glasses were missing. Her vision was a tad bit blurry, but she could tell that it was Izzy standing over her, even though the only light they had were the stars and the moon.
"Izumi-senpai?"
"Yeah, are you all right?"
"I think so, but what happened? How did we get here?"
"I don't know. I don't remember a thing." He held his head. "I think I may have hit my head on something."
"I have a slight headache like I hit my head on something," Miyako said, rubbing her head where it hurt. "I must've hit mine too because all I remember is falling and then nothing."
"We have to get out of here," Koushirou said, helping the younger girl up.
"But where is here?"
"Good question."
Miyako started to shiver a bit.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm cold and I don't have a change of clothes," Miyako complained. "I'm soaked!"
"We could build a fire to warm us up."
"But my clothes are soaking wet!"
"Then take them off and dry them over the fire once we get it started."
"How dare you suggest something like that!" Miyako argued, turning red in the face, covering herself as if instincts told her to. "Ecchi!!"
*Note: Ecchi means pervert.*
"Here we go again," Koushirou muttered while rolling his eyes. "Here I am trying to come up with a solution to a problem and you take it the wrong way." He then gave out an annoyed sigh. "I'm going to get some firewood. If you can, see if you can find something to keep the fire from spreading once we get it started."
The boy walked off in annoyance. Miyako mentally slapped herself. She knew Izzy meant well and that he wasn't a pervert, but he was quite forward about her getting undressed, and it was the only way to get her clothes dry.
She scouted the beach to see if she could find some rocks or shells or something to help to keep the fire from spreading. She found some smooth rocks and set that up near where Izzy had walked off. It looked as if it were a tropical forest.
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"I don't know how I put up with her," Koushirou complained, his gift still in hand. "She keeps accusing me of being a pervert, yet I can't hate her or anything for the accusations. I can't get her off of my mind." He then sighed. "Something must be wrong with me."
Koushirou looked up at the trees before him and set the gift down.
"Well, time to get some wood. I guess I could climb up there and break off the loose limbs." He then muttered, "I wish Jou-san were here, he's the climber of the group."
When he got the wood, he picked up his package in one hand and held some of the wood in the other and ran back towards the beach...
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"There, all set," Miyako said as she brushed her hands off. "All we need now is the firewood."
Right at that moment, Izzy came back with the wood. The branches were dry so it was easy to get a fire going. Miyako got right in front of the fire and tried her best to warm up.
"Ahh, this heat is wonderful!"
"Yeah, it is," Koushirou said, standing beside her, also trying to warm up.
"But this isn't going to help my clothes get dry."
"I told you what what you could do."
"With you here?"
Izzy got a sly look on his face.
"Sure, why not," he joked with a smirk. "It wouldn't bother me at all."
"Izumi Koushirou, how dare you say such a thing!" the girl yelled, not finding anything amusing about Koushirou's statement. "Is that all you guys think about?"
"Hey, I'm only human so it's normal," he said, still smirking.
This annoyed Miyako even more.
"Go away while I get undressed and get my things dried."
"But what about me?" Koushirou asked, the smile fading from his face. "How will I warm up if you're going to be by the fire!"
"Just go, I'll call you back when I'm done laying all of my clothes out."
The boy muttered something to himself and walked off, holding his package.
Miyako went behind a bush and undressed. She made sure no one was around first, though. She then took all of her clothes and laid them out in front of the fire. She stayed behind the bush and decided to call Izzy back. She knew that he had to have been just as cold as her.
Before Miyako called, she thought she saw something. A boat.
"Izzy, Izzy!! Get over here now! Izzy!!"
The boy heard her calling, but acted like he didn't hear her.
"IZZY!!!"
"What do you want!" he shouted to her from his spot.
"Hurry, get over here!"
"No, I shouldn't come over there because you without clothes might turn me into some kind of an animal," Koushirou responded sarcastically, "or do you want me to just so you can find another reason to call me a pervert! I mean, it'll be very easy since having sex with you is the only thing on my mind according to you."
"Izzy, come here!" Miyako shouted in annoyance, ignoring his sarcastic remark.
The boy rolled his eyes and walked back to where the fire was. He saw Miyako's clothes laid out, but she was behind the bush, pointing out to sea.
"A ship, a ship!" she pointed.
"What?"
"A ship! A rescue ship! It's pretty far out, but we have to get their attention!" She started to shout, "Help us! We're over here!"
"Hey, help us!" Koushirou called, jumping up and down, waving his arms around. "We're over here!"
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On the ship...
"I don't see anything out here," RM2 complained. "I'm telling you, those kids are dead! They probably drowned!"
"Don't say such a thing!" RM1 said. "We promised Miss Tachikawa we wouldn't go back unless we find something."
"Well, we found a pair of glasses," RM2 said. "That's something."
"Stop being so negative!" RM1 ordered.
"I notice you get like this whenever children are involved," RM4 noted. "You'd face reality a lot faster if these were adults."
"We are not giving up!" RM1 said, ignoring what was said by RM4. "We are going to find those kids!"
"But this is as far out as we can go!" RM3 told him.
"I say we head in and rest and commence the search during the day and just say we looked all night," RM2 said, growing fed up with the entire search. "At least we'll have a better view since we'll have the sunlight."
"I agree with him," RM4 agreed.
"What!" RM1 shouted, surprised at what he was hearing.
"Our battery for the searchlight is starting to run low on energy," RM4 informed RM1.
"You were supposed to replace the battery before we came back out!" RM1 shouted at RM2.
"I have a family to get back to!" RM2 argued. "I forgot, okay!"
"Your behavior is intolerable!" RM1 sighed. He then threatened, "If I find out that they were near here, it's going to be your job! You just remember that!" He then turned to the rest of the crew. "Turn around. We'll head in and start first thing in the morning, but we have to go to the cabin first and tell Miss Tachikawa of our progress."
"You mean about how her two friends are probably dead and we're just wasting our time?" RM2 muttered sarcastically.
"Bite your tongue, boy!" RM1 hissed at RM2 in anger. "I've been in this rescuing business for 35 years now and I've never had that attitude! I never give up hope! You must always think positive!" The man then shook his head and sighed, "I don't know what's with today's youth."
"Whatever," RM2 muttered, his arms crossed.
RM3 started to turn the boat around while RM2 stared out at the dark sea. He then noticed a flickering light.
"Is that a fire?" he asked himself. He then squinted his eyes to get a better look as the boat was sailing farther away. "Looks like people, or a person anyway, jumping up and down." He then shook his head. "I've been out here too long, it's probably nothing. I'm tired and want to go home."
They sail away...
"They're...leaving," Miyako's voice trembled, tears in her eyes.
"How could they leave! Didn't they see the fire?!"
"This is all your fault!" Miyako cried angrily.
"What?"
The girl started to reach out for her clothes without getting from behind the bush.
"This is your fault," she said again. "If it weren't for you, they would've seen us!"
"What!" Koushirou shouted in disbelief over how illogical Miyako's reasoning was. "You didn't do much yourself!"
The girl succeeded in getting her clothes without exposing herself.
"I wasn't decent! I couldn't just run out like this!"
"I wouldn't have done anything," he muttered.
She came from behind the bush, fully clothed.
"This is all your fault!" she shouted at him again.
"Look, Miyako, if we're going to survive the night, we have to cooperate! It's neither one of our faults. They didn't hear us, and they obviously didn't see the fire going!"
"Gomen," Miyako muttered quietly, feeling a bit foolish.
"Now, let's try to get some sleep," Koushirou suggested. "The sun will be rising soon."
"Yeah, you're right," Miyako said while staring up at the sky. "The position of the moon tells you that."
"Yeah," he nodded. "Now, let's go to sleep."
"Oh no, not with you around!"
"Why not?!" Koushirou asked, growing a tad bit annoyed with Miyako's attitude.
"Well, um..." Miyako started, not knowing what to say.
"Just as I thought!"
"I-I don't want a pervert near me!"
"That does it!" Koushirou shouted. He took the package that he had been holding for so long and hurled it down the beach. "Forget the damn thing!"
With that, Koushirou stormed off.
"Oh no," Miyako thought. "What have I done?"
She got up to get the package he had thrown and ran after Izzy who had walked off a good ways.
"No matter what I do, or how nice I may act, she still treats me like crap!" Koushirou argued in thought. "But why do I care so much? How come I even think about Miyako when I'm cross with her? She sure looked pretty when I woke her up."
He shook his head.
"No, don't think of her that way, Izzy! I'm only supposed to think of Mimi that way, but I haven't in a long time. Could I," he shook his head, "no, I can't! Could I? Could I be getting a thing for Inoue Miyako?"
"Izzy! Wait, come back!"
Izzy stopped walking and turned towards her. He saw her, with tears in her eyes, tangled up, sea infested hair, and holding his package.
"What do you want?" he asked, giving her a cold look.
"Don't go."
The redhead noticed the tears in her eyes and his cold, hard look turned to that of concern.
"Miyako?"
"I didn't mean to make you mad," she told him, her voice quivering, trying her best not to cry as she spoke. "I'm just overwhelmed, cold, a bit hungry, my hair is a mess, I lost my glasses, we're stranded, and then we had the chance to get rescued, and then they turn around...I'm sorry!"
"That's all she's sorry for? I guess I can't really blame her. She has had quite a day," Koushirou said to himself. "Yeah, I'm sorry too," he told her.
"Please, Izzy," Miyako cried. "You don't sound like you mean it! I'm sorry for all of the trouble I've caused you!" She then lowered her head. "I bet you hate me now, especially after the things I accused you of. I didn't mean any of it. I was just so embarrassed and then Tai teasing us didn't help, I'm just so sorry!"
The girl started to blubber, pretty much, after her pure, sincere apology.
"Don't cry!"
The boy didn't know how to handle a crying girl.
"I'm so sorry," Miyako said again, wiping her tears away. She then hugged Koushirou and begged, "Just please don't hate me anymore."
"Miyako, I would never hate you!" he said, feeling a bit anxious from her hugging him. "Even if you said I was the scum of the earth, I wouldn't hate you. I like you too much to ever hate you. You're the most wonderful girl I've ever met and I would never want to see you hurt in any way."
The girl broke her embrace with Izzy and stared up at him.
"What did you say?"
"I said I like you too much to hate you. Why?"
The boy then realized what he had just said and started to blush furiously.
"You-you like me?" Miyako asked in surprise. "You have a thing for me?"
"Um, I didn't say that," the boy laughed nervously as he started to pull his collar. "Man, it's getting hot out here," he sweat dropped nervously.
"I have another question for you."
"Another question?" he squeaked out, more nervous than what he was a moment ago.
She nodded.
"How do you feel about Mimi and be honest."
"Well, um, she's a nice girl," he responded quickly.
"You mean you're not interested in her?" She then gave the boy a sly look. "You look as if you're really interested in her, like you want to be more than just friends."
"Are you nuts!" Koushirou said in defense. "I don't like her that way anymore! I'm interested in you, can't you see that!"
The boy clasped his hands over his mouth and blushed an even darker shade of red.
"You do like me!" Miyako smiled. "I never knew you liked me that way."
Izzy lowered his head. He figured that Miyako probably thought of him as a total goof.
"I'm sorry," he muttered.
"What for?" Miyako asked while huggin him.
"You probably think I'm some kind of a weirdo. I know you like Ichijouji, and---"
"I don't like him in that way," Miyako interrupted. "He's a great friend and all, but that's it. I had that thing for him years ago, but I grew out of that when I found someone else I was even more interested in." She then winked at him. "I like you too, Izumi-senpai."
"You do?" the boy asked in surprise.
She nodded bashfully.
"The reason I argued with you so much was because I was lying to myself, saying that I didn't like you in that way, but after I saw you with Mimi, I got a bit jealous. That's another reason why I was a bit cross with you."
"Strange how it took a tragedy to bring us together," Koushirou chuckled lightly.
"Yeah, it is..."
The two stared at each other and leaned in and both kissed. The kiss was long and filled with a lot of passion. It was a first kiss for both of them. After they broke, they both blushed and stood there quietly. Miyako spoke up nervously and broke the silence.
"I-I have your package. I went after it after you threw it. I figured that it was an important gift since it was wrapped up so nicely. I'm assuming that it's a souvenir for your mother."
"Not exactly," Koushirou told her. "Open it."
"It's okay for me to open up another person's present!?!"
"Go ahead," Koushirou said, giving her a smile. "I'm sure the person it was for, wouldn't mind if you did."
"Okay," she shrugged.
The girl pulled the purple ribbons and opened up they shiny silver paper. She then opened the box and gasped.
"The purple beret I saw in the gift shop!"
"Surprise. The gift was for you. I was going to use it as a peace offering, when I wasn't sure, but that was the plan."
"But this cost a lot," Miyako barely uttered, due to the surprise she was in. "How did you know I wanted it?!"
"I overheard you talking to Ichijouji and saw you staring at it, so I decided to get it for you."
"Oh Izzy, this is wonderful! Thank you so much!" she said as she hugged him. She then put the hat on. "I wish I had a mirror."
"It looks nice on you."
The girl kissed Izzy on the cheek again and hugged him tightly, not wanting to let him go.
"I don't deserve you!"
"I could always go see what Mimi's up to," he joked.
"Don't you get any ideas," Miyako laughed.
The girl then yawned.
"I'm getting tired."
"You could go back to the beach and sleep," Koushirou suggested.
"Yeah, it's warmer by the fire."
The girl started to walk off, but realized she was alone. She then turned back.
"Aren't you coming back?"
"Sure you don't mind my being with you?"
"Of course I don't," she laughed. "I know you're a gentleman and that you wouldn't try anything."
Izzy ran up beside her and she grabbed his hand and the two walked off to the beach together, by the fire. They then both fell asleep, Miyako in Izzy's arms, like they were when the others caught them on the couch at Daisuke's place, only this time, neither one of them objected...