"No, they just
have to get me to do
their dirty work, don't they?" Akane grumbled, getting on her hands
and knees to clean up the mess on the floor that Lita and Kasumi
made.
"Hey, I'm doing
this too!" Ranma whined. He was in the same position as
Akane.
"This would've
never happened if they weren't so obcessed with that...
boy."
Meanwhile Lita and
Kasumi were pacing around in their own respective rooms, wondering
what to cook for dinner.
Kento listened to
Kousei talk and watched her as they ate. The Majol tribe and
the capital were both formed around half a century after the Great
War. Kousei was beautiful and strong too. She wasn't one
of those skimpy models in magazines nor did she plan on being like
those. The potion still didn't seem to have taken
effect! What Anime did that thing come from
anyway?
His thoughts and
attention were jumbled up from listening to Kousei to looking at her
to angrily worrying about why the waste of yen never did its
job. When she went back to the salad bar, he pulled out the
potion bottle again and tried to get a few drops of it into her
drink. A few moments after she returned and took another sip,
he assumed the drink must've deluded the potion.
They finished
their meal and Kento opened the car door for her to get in.
She was training him to be a good boyfriend. "Oh, yeah!" Kento
exclaimed suddenly, remembering something. "I borrowed
something from Sai," he explained. I might as well return it to him now. That potion
certainly didn't work.
"What to fix for
dinner..." Lita murmured, helping Akane with the
dishes.
"Bacon would be
good," Pikachu suggested.
When P-chan
squealed frightfully, Akane scooped the pokemon into the
trash. Ranma who also liked the idea of having bacon for
dinner freed Pikachu from the smelly prison. "You don't have
to fix dinner," he told her. "Just fix a
dessert."
"Yeah!" Pikachu
agreed. "Everyone loves dessert a lot better than dinner
anyway."
Lita thought about
it. What was Sage's
favorite dessert? A pumpkin pie!
Kousei dully eyed
the passing scenery with slightly drooping eyelids. Something
seemed strange about her meal although she couldn't think about what
was wrong. Her beloved Tristan looked disappointed as though
he was expecting something that never happened and her meal,
especially the drink part, tasted strange. She remembered when
she was a little girl and ransacked a ton of edible, magical
things. Yogenchi put her on a strictly laxative diet and
locked her up for two days.
"Well, here we
are," Kento announced, stopping the car. "I've gotta return
this to Sai."
Kousei nodded and
stepped out of the car to stretch her legs, following her beloved
who knocked on the door which opened shortly afterwards. Then,
she saw him. She saw Sai and felt an intense, fiery passion
bubble up. Something was clouding her mind and taking control
of her actions like a drug. Obeying the drug's orders, she
nearly tackled poor Shin-kun to the floor and said things said
things she normally would never say. What is wrong with me? I shouldn't be doing this.
What is going on?
Kento instantly
realized that the potion for some strange reason just now took
effect. He grabbed Kousei by her shoulders and guided her into
a room. She didn't resist. Then, Kento faced a ghostly
pale Sai.
His voice
quavered, "What... just... HAPPENED!!?"
Kento took a deep
breath and explained about the potion. Sai screamed a couple
colorful words.
"Do... do you know
how nearly impossible it is to cure a condition like that?" he said
finally when he was finished cussing.
"I..." Kento
looked at the floor, "I was told that condition was
permanent."
Sai started
cussing again and Kento wondered how many colorful words his friend
knew. Then, the Ronin Warrior of Trust sat down on the
couch. "Do you know how much trouble you got everyone
in? The - the Magia, she's as strong as a Creator if not
stronger and when she finds out what you've done, she'll..." Sai
shuddered. There were numerous stories about Yogenchi's
temper. She instantaneously disintegrated a Gundam in an act
of common rage. Giving her heir and only living relative would
make her anger supernatural.
Kento and Sai
began pacing frantically until, like an omen, the Magia arrived,
slamming the door behind her as she entered.
"Magia!" Sai
exclaimed, "I- I am so sorry," he began to stutter and stumble over
his words until she motioned for him to be silent with a hand
movement. Then, he fled into the kitchen.
Yogenchi's stern
gaze was directed towards Kento. Then, she sighed and relaxed
her muscles, "The cards ususally work in generalities, so tell me
exactly what happened."
"You are going to
kill me if I tell you that."
"I'm sure Kousei
would do worse."
They sat on the
couch and Kento began to speak, "I bought a potion from the Goddess
territory. A love potion that Urd made."
"Well, she knows
not to sell things to characters from different
Animes."
"Lina Inverse sold
it to me."
"Oh." That
little sorceress would do anything for money.
"I gave the potion
to Kousei. She didn't know what she was drinking. Then.
she, um, she saw Sai and, uh, we put her in that room over there,"
he guestured to the door.
Yogenchi lowered
her head sadly. The silence that followed was solemn.
Then, Kento said, "What I don't understand is that I, um, I was the
first man she looked at after she drank that potion, but it only
worked when she saw Sai..."
The Magia sighed,
"I can explain that." She took a deep breath, "A person cannot
fall in love with someone they are already truly in love
with." Yet again, she took a deep breath. True loves
have gotten together plenty of times before without the knowledge
that they were indeed true loves, but this was a totally different
situation. Blunt was always the best way to deal with
things. "Kousei is your true love. You are destined to
be with her."
His mouth
instantly dropped open, but out of respect, he closed his mouth and
his eye widened.
"Because of that,
you are the only one who can cure her current
condition."
Kento finally
regained his voice, "Okay..."
"Now, do you know
how to cure her?"
The Magia grinned
slightly. "Do you know how Belldandy cured Keiichi when he
drank that potion?"
Kento shook his
head sadly, realizing that his previous actions were leading to an
embarrassing consequence.
"Belldandy kissed
Keiichi."
Kento's face
reddened, "I, um, I..." Suddenly, he leaped out of his seat,
his face defying the color of Ryo's armor. "You mean, I - I
have to kiss her!"
"Yes," the Magia
said simply. "You are her true love after all..."
Kento turned
around and lowered his head. After a moment of silence, he
finally spoke although his voice extremely wobbled, "Okay, I'll go
and um... you know..."
And so, the Ronin
Warrior of Justice walked into the room where Kousei was.
Yogenchi followed to make sure he would actually do what he was
supposed to do. He looked at Kousei who passed out due to the
potion. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath,
just get this over
with... He kneeled
near her still form and... I feel so
stupid... ...kissed
her. Kousei wrapped her arms around him and rolled him
over. Then, when she had him flat on his back, she punched him
in the eye.
Sai paced in the
kitchen. He could hear the sounds of battle. Kento
versus Kousei. Yogenchi walked out of the room, lowering her
head and smiling. "They're going to remember this for the rest
of their lives." She looked at Sai and entered the
kitchen. The poor Suiko no Shin-kun was trembling with
fear. "Don't worry. They're always playful like
that." Just then, Kento and Kousei stormed into the living
room which could be seen from the kitchen and resumed their
carnage.
One Samurai
Trooper had the poor misfortune of stepping into their
bloodbath. Touma was instantly guided into the kitchen by Sai
who then explained everything to him. After Kousei finished
exercising her anger through violence, she yelled and raved until
her throat was sore. Then, finally, they called a
truce.
Kento, Kousei, and
Sai were sprawled on the couch, thoroughly exhausted from the day's
adventure. They were content in watching Rowen and Yogenchi
who were intent of the game of chess in front of them. Sai
would most likely have nightmares about the incident and Kousei
might have nightmares too although she didn't seem too upset about
the incident after she bloodied Kento up a bit. Sai glanced at
his best friend and hoped he would never, ever, buy a potion from a
different territory again... Then, they returned their
attention back to Yogenchi and Rowen who were busy playing a
strategic game of chess.
"Who do you think
is going to win?" Kousei wondered.
"Rowen hasn't lost
a game yet," said Sai.
"ooh, she killed
another one of your soldiers!" Kousei yelled at Rowen a few moments
later. She continued to make comments like that and cheer for
her great-grandmother whenever Rowen lost yet another piece and she
was begining to get on their nerves.
"It's just a
game," he said finally, "So, I don't care if I win or
lose."
"Oh! That's
a perfect move! She's getting ready to kill more of your
army!"
Kento winced
slightly. His ears were still ringing from the blows of battle
and Kousei was speaking too loudly for comfort. She continued
her shouts until Rowen repeated himself.
"It doesn't matter
if I win. It's just a game. It's not like they're real
people who're actually dying. They're just game pieces.
Plastic." His tone had a faint hint of annoyance.
You're just a
cartoon character; nothing except a painted sketch on some
paper, Yogenchi thought,
taking her turn. "What if this isn't just a game?" she
wondered. "What if we are deciding the fate of people in
another Realm?"
"That's
ludicrous," Rowen scoffed.
"Oh? Why do
you say that?" The Magia thrived off of philosophical
arguements.
"If we were
deciding someone else's fate, then that would make us
Creators. But we are creations and it is impossible for a
creation to create. If you or I actually created another
Realm, we would know about it."
"What makes you so
sure about that?" Yogenchi wanted to keep his mind
sharp.
"Because we are
creations and our Creators know all about us."
"Oh. And
what created the Creators?"
Rowen looked at
the board even more intently, hiding his puzzlement. His mind
was rapidly seculating about what Yogenchi just said. The
three on the couch stared at Rowen in astonishment. He was
never at a loss for words before. "...the Creators are
Creators," he stated lamely and berated himself for such a lame
response. "They cannot be creations because they are
Creators. I said this before; a creation cannot
create."
"Why do you say
that?" Yogenchi inquired.
Rowen took a deep
breath. He picked up the game piece he was going to use and
tapped it against the board, thinking about those questions.
If the Creators were indeed creations, then it seemed impossible for
a Creator like the Messiah to come to the Realm of Anime since the
Messiah would be obliged to stay in his own Realm. "Hm... it
just is," he repeated stubbornly. Rowen hated theology
disputes. There is no fact to prove that a set of beliefs is
right or wrong. The Messiah's priests and priestesses claimed
to have seen a Creator and if they have seen a Creator, then their
path would be the right path to follow, would it not? Her
questions were begining to get on his nerves.
Yogenchi knew now
that she had him in her grasp. When people become too embedded
in their religion, they stop their wonderment questioning and their
brains shut down. She needed to break him out of that before
it became a habit. "There's a reason for everything, Tomy de
Estrato. Intellectuals must question constantly and must
reject the spiritual limitations that are placed upon us and must
strive to break those limitations. Only a fool would claim to
know everything and you are not a fool, are you, Tomy de
Estrato?"
"I am the Samurai
Trooper of Intellect. I am not a fool."
Rowen/Touma/Tomy grumbled silently and returned his attention to the
chess board. He was severely aggravated with her insistant
questioning which merely led to more questions and no answers.
A full minute passed which felt like seconds to his infuriated mind,
when he moved his bishop over and knocked down Yogenchi's
king. That ended the game.
Yogenchi
congratulated him and rose from her seat. She knew she had
spent enough of her time there. She looked at the three teens
who were sprawled out on the couch. "Kousei, come. It's
time for us to go."
Kousei arised
imediately, shoving her elbow straight into Kento's stomach on her
way up, causing him to grunt in pain which satisfied
her.
"That was an
interesting conversation," Kento said to Rowen who started to pick
up the game pieces as soon as the women left. The Ronin
Warrior of Justice rubbed his sore stomach delicately.
After much hard
work, Lita found a recipe and all the ingridents needed for a
pumpkin pie which she made secretly for Sage while he was
practicing. Kasumi, however, didn't know what Lita was doing
until later that day. "It's not fair," Kasumi wept upon
finding the pie in the fridge. She wanted Sage so
much... She still had a chance to get him though!
When everyone
finished their meal, Kasumi chirped up, "Oh! I made something
special for everyone!" She went into the kitchen and retrieved
the pie that Lita made, but everyone thought Kasumi made
it. |
