8/19/2000
Chapter 3
No Need For Trips

Knock...knock...
"Ikusa! Ikusa! Wake up, no da!" Chichiri kept knocking on Ikusa's door.
"I'm so tired..." Tasuki layed his head on Shimo's head, and had his hands on Shimo's shoulders. "Made me stay up all night, torturing me."
"Yeah, well I was bored," Shimo replied, putting her arm on Chichiri's shoulder.
"Kawaiiness!" Namie cried, after she opened the door to Ikusa's room. Everyone looked inside and saw Tamahome and Ikusa. Tamahome had his arms around Ikusa, she layed her head on his chest...and both were asleep.
"They've only known each other for two days and they've grown a liking to each other? Bring up the beer! Tamahome's getting married!" Tasuki cried, waking up the two love birds.
"It's morning already?" Ikusa noticed the others looking at them, then noticed Tamahome, and freaked out. "GAAH!!!" She jumped out of his arms and pressed herself to a wall.
"Uh...?" Tamahome noticed the others, then began running out of the room. "GOTTA GO! SEE-YA!!!"
"Um...what just happened?" Tasuki sweat dropped, and so did the others.
"STILL kawaiiness!!!" Namie cried.

During the afternoon, everyone gathered in a room, eating lunch.
"H-hey..! Where's Shimo?" Tasuki was looking all over the room.
"...and Ikusa?" Tamahome added.
"Don't know...where is she anyway?" Chichiri sipped a cup of tea.
Tasuki and Tamahome got up from the table and left the room. They wondered around, looking for the two missing girls.
"Sakure...HA!!!" Tasuki and Tama saw an explosion from the back yard. Both of them ran where he saw the explosion and spotted Ikusa and Shimo, training.
"Umi Storm!" Shimo threw a wave of water, which surrounded Ikusa and made her float in air. Electrical currents came from the wall of water and shot out at Ikusa, which made her scream. The wave of water dropped down, which made Ikusa fall on the ground.
Ikusa slowly got up and brought out her sword. "Sakure...HA!!!" Fireballs, and a little of her energy, collected in her sword then shot out at Shimo, hitting her and making her scream in pain.
"Hehe... a cat fight!" Tasuki interrupted. Ikusa and Shimo eyed little audience at the corner of their eyes, then turned towards them. Both of them looked scaringly serious.
"What brings you here?" Shimo asks.
"Ah...we were just wondering where you guys were. That's all," Tamahome answered.
"Oh...well, you can stick around if you want," Ikusa went back to her training; punching and kicking a flour bag that was hanging from a tree. She kept on kicking and punching until the bag broke into two.
"Shimo, you can keep on training if you want. I'm going to the lakes to go get cleaned up," Ikusa began walking towards where the nearest lake was (where nobody can see her). Tamahome headed back to where the others were, leaving Tasuki and Shimo.
"So...whose training who?" Tasuki asked.
"She's training me to be stronger than I normally am, but sometimes we get carried away and have urges to battle each other. That's what you just saw," Shimo answered, sitting on a stone.
"I've always thought you were just an annoying little brat that bugs me too much." Tasuki sat next to Shimo.
"SHUT UP!!!" Shimo began making an energy ball, which made Tasuki scared.
"I-I was just kidding!!! Ehehe..." Tasuki sweat dropped.
"Better be..."
"I was! Cool it!"
"Well...Ikusa and I were thinking of going back where we came from. It was hard for her to decide."
"Because of Tamahome?"
"Partly that...and because she'll miss watching us fight, and seeing the others."
"She has a big heart, I guess..."
Shimo looked at Tasuki and thought. I've never really noticed... When did he ever get so hansome? He isn't really a bad guy... "Yeah. We are child-hood friends...she's practically sick of me, though. Heehee..." She leaned her head on his arm, which disturbed him a little. "I'm gonna miss bothering you a lot, na no da?"
"I'll just pretend I didn't hear that."
"Chichiri burned it into me...spare with me."

"You're WHAT?!" The other Suzaku Seishi exclaimed.
"We're going back where we came from. Sorry," Ikusa answered, sipping her tea.
"Why so soon?" Namie asked.
"Well... partly because we can't really adjust to being here."
"When are you leaving?" Chiriko pondered.
"Today."
"We sure are going to miss both of ya, even though we barely even know ya," Nuriko said, but only to be hit by Chichiri.
Tamahome was the only one not talking. He was just being heartbroken, once again.

"Ja, everyone," Ikusa said.
"Sayonara... arigato for letting us stay here!" Shimo cried.
"Shimo...?" Tasuki walked up to Shimo, and took her by the sides of her arm. "I'm, going to miss you..."
"Oh, really? I've waited so long for you to say that when I leave. I'm gonna miss ya too, Tasuki," Shimo said.
"Hehe... I'M FREE FROM BEING BOTHERED!!!" Tasuki started dancing around.
"Hm... maybe I should stay here longer...?"
"Well...anyway... this is what I wanted to do." Tasuki hugged Shimo tight. "Dang, it feels as if I'm leaving my sister!"
"Hey hot-head! They don't have all day, no da," Tamahome reminded.
"Shimo, let's go," Ikusa ordered.
"Hai...bai, Tasuki," Shimo began making a barrier around them, while watching Tasuki go towards the others.
"Ikusa! Wait!" Tamahome ran towards her.
"Hey!!! You baka! You're gonna go along with them?" Tasuki grabbed Tamahome's arm and was being dragged along. "Hey...!"
"Tamahome, Tasuki! Get back here, na no da!" Chichiri called. "Tamasuki!"
"Nani?" Ikusa and Shimo watched as Tamahome touched the barrier, Tasuki was being pulled by Chichiri.
"Shimo, can you stop this?! We're warping already!" Ikusa cried.
"Gomenasai!!! I can't!!!" Shimo panicked.
"Well do something, no da!" Ikusa wailed.
"CHICHIRI!!! COME BACK HERE!!!" Namie wailed her arms.
"We'll be back, no da!" Chiciri called.

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