Outlawed From Love: Part Two
Authoress: Tsutae Kouken
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Walking down the sidewalk, listening to his new Discman, Jim headed in the general of Clyde's tavern, to
see Iris. But as he got caught up in listening to his music, he didn't notice where he was going. When he
finally looked up, he found himself in the general area of the docks.
"What?" Jim asked himself, scratching his head. Blonde strands fell in his eyes, as he looked at the
different ships docked. Shutting off the music that had been blasting in his ears for the past ten minutes, he
looked around. 'I guess I lost track of where I was going...' He thought and sighed. He never did things like
this unless something was on his mind...and yet there was nothing to be worried about...
Gene wasn't spending money out the ying-yang and Melfina was being her normal self, Aiesha wasn't
calling up everyday, and Harry McDougal wasn't around to contend with.
Yet something was missing. Something that made him feel that he still needed to work to accomplish
something...and that something he knew not what...yet.
Standing there in the middle of the sidewalk, thinking deeply, Jim forgot where he was again.
"YOU! WHY, HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME!!!"
"How was that an insult?"
"C'TARL C'TARLS ARE THE STRONGEST IN THE UNIVERSE!!"
"And all I said was that I didn't agree with that."
"THAT'S AN INSULT!"
Jim snapped out of his reverie at the sound of Aiesha's voice screeching loudly with indignation. He turned
to see the C'tarl c'tarl female confronting another girl.
Jim kind of smiled to himself and shook his head. He hadn't planned on seeing Aiesha nor seeing Aiesha
getting riled up at some girl and then seeing this same girl not even flinch, keeping her voice calm.
"It was a passing comment."
"YOU ARE...IMPOSSIBLE! YOU INSULTED AIESHA CLAN-CLAN AND YOU MUST DIE!"
Aiesha's hair rose on her neck. No one was allowed to make fun of her...and live to tell about it.
Jim watched, as Aiesha stepped back slightly from the stranger girl, giving Jim a better view of her.
She looked about 15, with soft light brown hair tied back in a low ponytail. Her bangs on one side were
longer than the other, and on the short side there were two lengths of hair that were red. She wore a black
shirt under a grey vest, and there was a buckle on the black shirt, leaving a revealing hole over the top of
her chest. A grey double belt, blue shin length pants, with holes in the knees, black boots with a red cuff
around the ankle. Golden earrings like half moons adorned her ears, setting of a golden glint in her green
eyes.
But Jim felt a tightening in his throat as he looked down at the girl's hands. Black gloves and large red cuffs
on her wrists looked harmless enough, but even he could see a slight golden glitter on the red cuffs,
knowing they hid something more, instead of looking like a bulky accessory.
And he also recognized Aiesha's stance. She was going to make a lunge at the girl, yet the girl looked so
calm. Jim started walking towards the two conflicting females.
"HI-I-I-I YA-A-A-AH!" Aiesha lunged forward with her strong hands and grabbed the girl by the throat
before Jim could say anything as he got closer.
"Eh." that was the only sound that came from the girl. Aiesha's triumphant look faded quickly as the girl
smiled simply. Aiesha became very angry.
"EH?! YOU...IMBESILE!" Aiesha yelled, beginning to choke the girl. Jim started to run.
"Aiesha, stop." Jim said, a moment of hesitancy in his voice, but telling Aiesha to stop anyways.
"Go away, Jim." Aiesha growled. The girl glanced at Jim and then looked back at Aiesha.
"You're starting to get in my way." She gave Aiesha a hard look with her green eyes, much like a cat's own.
"Good." Aiesha said, with a less confident smirk hiding her uneasiness.
"But a C'tarl c'tarl is no match for me." With a quick swipe, Jim watched with an open mouth as the girl
put one hand on both of Aiesha's and pulled them from her throat. Aiesha cried out with a slight moan of
pain. The girl flung the C'tarl c'tarl's hands from her, causing Aiesha to fall to the ground.
"What are you?" Aiesha asked, shakily pulling herself up. No one had beaten her before.
"I'm from Tenjoukai." The girl brushed a strand of brownish blonde hair back from her face with a gloved
hand. She turned to go, but Jim spoke up.
"Excuse me." Jim said, reaching out one hand to stop her. He wasn't close enough to touch her, but his
voice stopped her.
"Yes?" She turned her emerald eyes on Jim. Jim felt something go numb within himself.
"I'm Jim Hawking." Jim felt that was all he could say, and then added something else, trying not to feel
stupid. "That was a strength I've never seen before."
"Thank you." She smiled at him, her features gentle and soft. "I'm Pantra Hizoku."
"A...ah...Jim..." Aiesha looked up at her friend, wondering why Jim looked so spellbound. And then she
cast a glance at the girl. "JIM!! EARTH TO JIM!!"
Jim mused for a second at what he had just been told. 'Tenjoukai…the celestial world?' he raised his
eyebrows. Then he shook his head as Aiesha's voice penetrated his mind.
"What?" Jim looked down at Aiesha.
"What do you think you are doing?!? GET HER!!!" Aiesha pointed at the girl. Jim looked back at Pantra
and shrugged. Pantra just lifted her shoulders slightly and grinned.
"PAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!" A sudden flash of silver, purple and white interrupted this quaint little scene.
This was followed by an even faster blur of blue and black.
"Pandemo!! GET BACK HERE!!!" These two flashes began running madly around, until no one knew
which one was chasing the other.
Pantra looked slightly annoyed. Then she jumped into the wild chase, adding flashes of red to the mirad of
color.
Aiesha stood up and made her way to Jim, trying not to get hit by the ever-moving somethings. Jim kept
trying to follow the movements with his eyes, but that just gave him a headache.
"Jim?" Aiesha started to ask a question, her eyes wide, when she looked down and spotted Jim's new
Discman. "Did Gene give you that?"
"Yes." Was all that Jim could get out.
"If Gene gave YOU something…it must mean something special happened…" Aiesha mused on this a
second and then it hit her.
"I FORGOT!!" Aiesha yelled, and the blurs kept moving, not paying attention. "It's your BIRTHDAY,
JIM, AND I FORGOT!!!!"
All of a sudden the three people chasing each other stopped. Pantra was in the act of reaching out and
grabbing a smaller girl, with violet hair put into two buns on the side of her head, much like a Hopi Indian.
She wore long white gloves and high white boots, a short white top and a strange white skirt. She wore
silver bands around her wrists up to her elbows that held sharp scythes in them.
The other was in mid air, trying to tackle the smaller violet haired girl. She floated there with ease. She had
straight blue waist length hair, a black Chinese shirt with a blue band on the cuffs. She wore blue Chinese
pants also with black shoes. On her back was a round Chinese hat made of straw and her eyes were grey.
She looked just as surprised as the other two.
"Birthday?" Pantra asked, lowering her hands.
"BIRTHDAY!! BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM!!" The smaller girl bounced around
and around.
"Congratulations. Now…" The girl with the blue hair floated down to the ground, touching the street
lightly. As the smaller girl bounced by, she grabbed her by the arm. "…Luna." She said to the hyper-active
girl.
"Okay, fine. I'll calm down." The girl stood next to her comrades. The three bowed simultaneously to
Aiesha and Jim.
"I'm, as I said earlier, Pantra Hizoku." Pantra re-introduced herself.
"I'm Luna Pandemonium." Luna giggled as she bowed.
"Tsutae Kouken." The girl brushed a strand of blue hair over her shoulder then pulled her hat forward. "It's
quite warm, why don't we go get a drink and celebrate your birthday, Jim?"
"Yes, lets!" Luna cheered.
Aiesha looked on open mouthed. "I think I'm going to go get some rest, Jim. I'll catch you later." Dazedly,
Aiesha stumbled off.
Jim stared at the three girls who had all of a sudden propelled themselves with great speed into his life.
"Uh…sure." He heard himself say. As the four of them headed in the direction of town, they chatted
amiably, Jim thinking in the corner of his mind, 'Why do crazy things happen to me?'
A song drifted into his mind.
"'Take a walk in the park when you feel down
There's so many things there
that's gonna lift you up
See the nature in bloom, a laughing child
Such a dream..."
It was more than a dream. He was awake, and living it. He'd been down this morning, but this walk had
definitely taken an upward turn.
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A/N: lol, now Jim has three girls to choose from. So I'm going to let you guys vote. This
will be interesting. Ja! Tsutae.