A large, black ship drifted out of the mists of a dead sea, a crimson-clad figure bearing a mask at its dilapidated helm. She stood with her back straight, and her face to the wind, the expressionless mask hiding her thoughts. Which happened to be along the lines of "Goddamn netherworlds. ALWAYS get goddamn flying bird people plastered on the windshield going through the goddamn netherworlds..." and so on. There were other figures on the boat, though not all with readily recognizable sexuality. One seemed to be a permanently haughty water sprite, with long green hair dragging on the splintered deck, leaving small knotted hairballs which a large, stupid looking Shinma with a sword and cowlick kept picking up and placing in his shirt to make himself look bigger. A third, a smallish teenage-looking boy with black hair and green eyes, was staring rapturously as the wind wreaked havoc with the masked woman's clothes, affording him with several gratuitous panty-shots. A fourth, obviously the leader, was staring disapprovingly at everything over what appeared to be a wad of toilet paper covering his nose and mouth, and encompassing the top of his head. Three were over toward the end of the ship together, by their appearances ready to start a drag group, since all seemed to have gotten inspiration for their appearance from an 80's transvestite. One had pink hair and amusingly large pointed shoulder armor which he purposefully used to stab another, with Himiko-like hair and boots, repeatedly in the eye. The last member of the group looked distinctly female, with fine, delicate features, nearly colorless, chin-length hair, slanted red eyes, and a billowing white blouse, which was probably the reason he chose to wear skin-tight red pants, to accentuate that he was, indeed, male. Not that he possessed much proof. They were all together, yet they held themselves apart, since it was obvious all came for different reasons. Including a small middle-aged couple who had been hiding below, because they had been accidentally booked on this ship while trying to take a cruise.
The crimson-clad woman leapt gracefully down from the front of the ship, squashing the teenage boy, who had broken into a nosebleed.
"Carlua!" The leader barked in a voice used to command and muffled by the toilet paper. "You delinquent slut! Get off Lemunia!" Carlua complied, swishing her skirts away from the prying eyes of Lemunia, who had awarded himself nearly 15 panty shots that day.
"I not a delinquent, Lord Pasuzu!" she wailed, making the pink-haired one flinch and stab the Himiko-like one in the eye again. "I noooooot!" Her wailing showed that she had very few teeth left. Those that remained had inlaid gold letters spelling the word 'Larva' out. Pasuzu sighed, and ripped the papering from his face.
"Shut up or I'll sic Cait Sith on you!" The pink haired one grinned, then shook his fist challengingly to no one in particular. Carlua pouted, and hiked her skirts unnecessarily high to sit on the railing. Pasuzu frowned and, with a put-upon sigh, began the speech he had given many times, but found it necessary to repeat again.
"We-"
The big, dumb one raised his hand.
"And by 'we' I mean all of us ON THIS SHIP!"
The big dumb one put his hand down.
"WE, meaning US, are here to retrieve Larva," Here Carlua showed her teeth triumphantly, "and bring him home with us, and possibly render Miyu dead."
Cait Sith smiled evilly, and Carlua stuck her fingers in her mouth and blushed. The sexless one stroked his hair. The stupid one raised his hand again. Pasuzu put two fingers to his forehead, wishing he could just shove them right on through. "Yes, Spartoi?"
Spartoi took several deep, excited breaths and began nodding emphatically. "I gotta BIG-SWORD!" The Himiko-like one snorted, and pulled out what appeared to be a toothpick with a handle.
"Aw come on. Now THIS is a sword."
"You stole that from an hour'de'vours plate!"
"Nu-uh!"
"It's a toothpick!"
"It's a rapier!"
Carlua gasped indignantly. "And you called ME a delinquent slut!"
Pasuzu went belowdecks to take a nap, followed later by Cait Sith, so he could once again toilet paper Pasuzu's face while he was sleeping, since he was the evil one in the group.
Carlua stuck her tongue out at his retreating back, dislodging several more teeth, and turned to the Himiko.
"What'cha gunna do, Night Gia?"
"That's Knight Gia!"
Carlua gave him a blank look. "What difference does that make?"
"It sounds cooler." He bit his fingers, drawing off his gloves. then holding them in his mouth as he put them back on again. "And I'm going to do what I do best."
"Yay!" Spartoi cried. "Rocky Horror Picture show!"
"No!" Knight Gia snapped. "I'm going to invade Miyu's dreams!" Spartoi frowned disappointedly, and Gia tugged his short yellow trenchcoat to rights again.
"Can I come?" Lemunia asked expectantly.
"No, you haven't hit puberty yet," Carlua chided.
"Heh heh heh, he said come," Spartoi guffawed.
This excited Lemunia, and he leapt on Carlua, trying to claw her mask off so he could kiss her. She shoved her foot in his groin and pushed him off, where he sat rubbing himself painfully to Spartoi's giggles. "Aww! You put out for everyone else!"
"You're not a member of my family," she said primly.
"No, you haven't hit puberty yet," chided Water Lipper, the green-haired sprite. Everyone turned to stare at her, and she glided gracefully down the ship until she smacked into the cabin wall. Which she also managed to do gracefully. She then gracefully passed out.
"Huh uh huh," Spartoi touched the male/female, "You're pretty hot, Amy. Hey, uh...someone call 911, cause I'm on fire!"
Amy threw a fireball at Spartoi, who burst into flames. No one called 911. Amy stalked down the ship's length in his heels, to get away from Spartoi, who he suspected still hadn't realized that he was male, despite his pants. He wiggled his ass disrespectfully at Spartoi, and stalked below, followed by Carlua, who spit helpfully on Spartoi. Night Gia then fell to the deck, since it had lurched upon smashing into the shore. He hopped down, rubbing his sword quite arousingly, it seemed to Lemunia, who then retired to his cabin to come on his own, since no one else would let him. (Yes, I know that was nasty.)
Miyu slept happily atop her Tori gate, dreaming of the beastly things she had done to Larva. A small smile played across her lips. Some of it she wanted to do again right now, and the animal rights activists could just go hop in a lake. A boiling lake. A boiling lake of hot wax....Miyu sighed in her sleep.
Himiko's head jerked up. She had heard something, some sort of soft wind. She opened her gown and peered in, then stopped as she felt small fingers around her neck. Aiko was squinting evilly at her, since she formerly had Himiko's fingers in her eye. She crept closer, opening her mouth expectantly.
"Watcha doin?" Himiko yelled, making the small girl blink confusedly, since her own face was just inches from Himiko's own. She pulled Himiko's neck toward her mouth slowly as a means of answering. Himiko slapped her and laughed. "Look what I did!"
The girl gave her an outraged stare, and stalked off. Himiko sat huffing to herself in the middle of the room. Suddenly, a door burst open and the janitor who had so kindly aroused Himiko by sticking his mop in his bucket slithered in. Himiko smiled at the wall.
"Gaaaarg!" it said peremptorily. Himiko peered out the window and gently giggled to herself. "I'm saying GAAAARG!" it gaarged at her. "GAAAARG!!" It did a little dance in the middle of the room. "Heyy!!! You, lady!" Himiko was now laughing quite openly. "You think Raaweeaean is funny? Raaweeaean will show you!" With that several large and impressive blue flames sprung up around it, the spines on the back of it's head rising. Himiko gave a loud gasp, falling to her knees and doubling over, tears streaming down her face. Raaweeaean was glad she was finally realizing her role as the frightened human, and said "Gaaarg!" impressively.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH_HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!!!! AH HA AH HA!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEE AW HAW HA HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!!! GAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRLLIIIIIIIIIICCCC!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Himiko laughed insanely in the creature's facial vicinity. "GAAAAAAAARRRLLIIIIIIICC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What?" The creature cast around frightfully. "Where?"
Himiko snorted approximately 32 times and pointed out the window at the produce. "FUNNY GARLIC!"
"Aw DAMN! I'm allergic to garlic." With that the creature slunk unhappily back into Aiko's body, who giggled, then vomited Larva's cloak onto Himiko.
"Ewwww," she said, smashing an empty tequila bottle she had in her purse on Aiko's head. She giggled. "That rhymes with spew. I'm clever."
Aiko collapsed once again, no so pretty as when Himiko had simply stuck a knife in her head. A small 'Do Not Disturb' sign poked out her nostril and hung. Himiko complied, and decided to pick up the contents of her purse, which had spilled out as she pulled the bottle from her purse. She found the crumpled drawing of a doll she had used to get Kei's attention the day before, or the day before yesterday, since she had spent the previous day unconscious. She remembered her goal of getting Kei into bed, and rushed off to the spot she had last seen Miyu to ask if she knew where Kei was.
As it happened, Miyu did. But Miyu was still asleep, her dreams for the moment untroubled but for the naked images of Larva that persisted in prancing through.
Night Gia stalked along the empty streets, sharpening his toothpick with Cait Sith's greasy underwear, the smell which was beginning to get to him. He was going to ram it into the little Vampire bitch's body. He was going to sear her eyes with his-
He stopped, staring, then with a howl of incredible frustration, stalked back to the ship, followed all the way by a small brown woman wearing lime panties and offering to sell him a scarf.
Carlua had her finger up her nose, and was twirling it idly when a thud announced Night Gia's return. 'That was fast,' she thought. 'I knew that little creature was weak.' She dar-hyuked, and climbed the ladder with her breasts hitting every rung on the way up.
Night Gia was standing on the deck with his arms crossed, already being confronted by Pazusu and Water Lipper's inert form. He didn't wait for anyone to speak.
"Ya idiots! This isn't Japan! This is Spain! SPAIN!" He wailed louder for emphasis.
Carlua cursed, and accidentally bit her thumb off. Pazusu went below again and dragged the middle-aged couple out, dumping them over the side as though they were to blame.
"Ssssssspaaaiin," hissed Water Lipper from her place on the ground.
Pazusu jammed his heel in her eye, and stalked below again, directing them to wake him when they got to Japan. Carlua began to sob, dropping more teeth than tears.
Larva's wrists were beginning to hurt from the cables that still held him. The small pink bunny thing had been torturing him for the last hour or so since he had woken up, hopping just close enough to kick, then darting back when he tried. He decided to stalk it.
Shiina shifted uncomfortably. She didn't like Larva. Ever since the bum in the alley, he had grown a fetish with putting small animals down his cloak, and beside that had just spent the last hour trying to kick her. Now he was just peering at her intently.
"What?" she squeaked, slightly afraid.
"I'm stalking you," Larva replied. Shiina hopped closer, and Larva's foot shot out, just missing her as she dodged back. Something occurred to her, and she hopped backward. Larva growled at her slightly. "Hey, aren't you 'sposed to be an ever-silent companion?" she asked. Larva put a blank look on his face.
"What? I can't hear you.."
Shiina hopped closer and raised her voice. "I said, aren't you supposed to be an ever-silent companion?"
For an answer, Larva hooted gleefully and punted her. Shiina sailed until she hit a tree, then got up, trying to rub her head with her puny arms. She decided she wouldn't chew Larva free after all, and left.
Larva frowned pitifully, his lower lip quivering, as Shiina left him all, all alone. The pupils of his eyes dilated, and filled with tears. His lip began to vibrate. He whimpered sadly. An enraged squeak came from the darkness, and Shiina shot forward to stop just out of range of Larva's boot. Larva tilted his head to the side beseechingly. He was without his mask, and none could resist his startlingly handsome natural face, not even Shiina. With a resigned squeak, she hesitantly made her way into the range of Larva's foot. Larva punted her across the realm, hearing her shriek all the way until she hit the ground. Larva giggled and kicked his feet happily. Shiina came stalking up to him, a bump on her head. "Now you listen here, you-"
Larva's foot slammed into her, launching her even further than before. She raced back toward him, stopping out of range this time. She stood breathing hard and giving Larva half a dirty look with her one eye. Larva laughed at her.
"Now you say you're sorry, and I might let you free!" She raised her other ear, exposing her large, bulbous yellow eye streaked with red veins.
"You're sorry."
"Well, now, that's-" Shiina halted just in time and skittered back just as Larva's foot whipped out. "Why you-"
"You got no nipples" Larva informed her. She paused in the act of searing Larva's maidenly ears.
"What? Hey," Shiina tried to peer down at her chest, but it was difficult since she had no neck. "You're right. Gee thanks!"
Larva hung his head and twisted pitifully in his bonds. He tilted his head up slightly to regard Shiina with one obscenely gorgeous eye. "If you come here and chew this, I won't kick you?"
Shiina eyed him back, then nodded smartly and moved closer. "See that you
don-"
She was cut off as Larva's boot took her on yet another voyage over the trees.
Himiko stopped once again as a long, eerie wail permeated the forest around her. She began to get frightened, and decided to run, just in case whatever it was was in front of her, so she could smack blindly into it and maybe do it some bodily harm. She skidded around trees, and finally came to a road lined with lit lanterns on poles. Himiko ran into one, sloshing the oil onto herself and bursting into all sorts of flames. She screeched, hoping the carbon dioxide would combat the oxygen she was generating as she ran in little fiery circles. Some people who had come out to watch had started to applaud. Himiko took a bow, falling over, and rolling, as the long-ago learned lesson had told her to do.
Shiina stalked wearily back to Larva, who was once again wailing pitifully. She growled squeakily. "I don't see-"
"I don't know why, considering you have such an ENORMOUS EYE!" Larva cackled at her.
She cleared her throat with a squeak and continued. "See why I should keep coming back to help you."
"I know why," Larva said quietly, in a deep but clear voice. "Shhhh, it's a secret..."
Shiina crept closer, eager to learn. This time, when she returned from her trip she sat off to the side of Larva.
"Ok ok," Larva pleaded. "That one was just a practice. It didn't count. I REALLY won't kick you this time."
"Why should I believe you?"
"Because I want out!"
Shiina eyed him doubtfully. Larva turned on the gorgeous. Shiina sighed, finally giving in, and climbed up in the tree, chewing through the cords that held him. Larva dropped to the ground, rubbing his wrists appreciatively. "Gee, thanks. You're not so bad after all." Larva reached up to pat her head. She dropped out of the tree to gaze cutely up at him.
"Why you're w-"
Larva punted her.
Miyu awoke atop her Tori gate, stretching luxuriously before opening her eyes lazily to confront a grinning Himiko
"AHHHHHH!!!!!"
Himiko gave a start and fell off the Tori gate. "AHH!!!"
Miyu glared at her bitterly, wishing she had the sexual initiative to do some of the beastly Larva things to Himiko, if only to cause her pain. "What the HELL do you want?" Miyu paused, examining her more closely. "What happened to you?"
Himiko stared blankly at Miyu through the milky opaque burned skin covering one eye. "I caught on fire...I think." Himiko lifted one charred arm to examine it closely. "Yep," she touched her arm, where the skin was turning a potato-chip consistency. "I was on fire." The skin sloughed off from under her finger and hit the ground. Himiko laughed at it. "Look what I did!" When she looked back up, Larva was standing behind Miyu.
"AAAAAAAHH!! Vampire!!" Himiko pointed two fingers at Miyu. "BEHIND YOU! LOOK OUT!"
Miyu's face fell. "Huh?"
"There's a vampire behind you! Watch out!" Himiko reached into her purse and pulled out the now fractional tequila bottle, pointing at Larva for effect, and so he'd notice it. "Lookout!"
Miyu fell off the Tori gate. "Himiko! I'M a vampire!"
"Oh NO! It's already gotten you?"
"AAAAAHH!!! No! I AM the vampire!"
"Exactly!!!"
Miyu died. Larva fanned her helpfully with his cloak. Now that Miyu had passed on to another plane of existence, he was left with Himiko alone.
She squinted her eyes at him evilly. He gave her a guarded look, owing to the fact he was wearing his mask again.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked petulantly.
"Why are YOU looking at me like THAT?"
"I'm wearing a mask!"
"What? I can't understand you, take that mask off!"
Larva gave her the finger. Himiko huffed at him, making his cloak stir. "You listen here, missy," she said, shaking a finger at him, not the one he had just shown her, "you'd better stop wearing long robes and hanging around houses or there'll be trouble!"
Larva stuck his tongue out at her. Himiko squinted at him.
"STOP IT!" Larva tore at the cowl of his cloak. "It's making that thing on your cheek touch your obsessively plucked eyebrows!"
"You started it!"
"What?" he screeched
"You're SQUINTING at ME!"
Larva tore off his mask and pointed at it. "See? Not my face!"
Himiko's eyes dilated. "AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOD YOU'RE FOXY!!!!!!!!!"
Larva blinked.
Himiko threw herself groin-first at Larva. He screeched, and dodged hurriedly back into Miyu's realm, forgetting that she lay dead under the Tori gate. Himiko hit the gate with an audible smack and slid down to the ground, cradling her bent skull. Larva casually sauntered out of Miyu's realm, leaning his elbow on the gate before ripping it out and driving it into her neck. He then gave her the finger again and hovered off, leaving Miyu dead beside Himiko, who had, ironically, survived her encounter with intravenous gates.
The crimson-clad woman leapt gracefully down from the front of the ship, squashing the teenage boy, who had broken into a nosebleed.
"Carlua!" The leader barked in a voice used to command and muffled by the toilet paper. "You delinquent slut! Get off Lemunia!" Carlua complied, swishing her skirts away from the prying eyes of Lemunia, who had awarded himself nearly 15 panty shots that day.
"I not a delinquent, Lord Pasuzu!" she wailed, making the pink-haired one flinch and stab the Himiko-like one in the eye again. "I noooooot!" Her wailing showed that she had very few teeth left. Those that remained had inlaid gold letters spelling the word 'Larva' out. Pasuzu sighed, and ripped the papering from his face.
"Shut up or I'll sic Cait Sith on you!" The pink haired one grinned, then shook his fist challengingly to no one in particular. Carlua pouted, and hiked her skirts unnecessarily high to sit on the railing. Pasuzu frowned and, with a put-upon sigh, began the speech he had given many times, but found it necessary to repeat again.
"We-"
The big, dumb one raised his hand.
"And by 'we' I mean all of us ON THIS SHIP!"
The big dumb one put his hand down.
"WE, meaning US, are here to retrieve Larva," Here Carlua showed her teeth triumphantly, "and bring him home with us, and possibly render Miyu dead."
Cait Sith smiled evilly, and Carlua stuck her fingers in her mouth and blushed. The sexless one stroked his hair. The stupid one raised his hand again. Pasuzu put two fingers to his forehead, wishing he could just shove them right on through. "Yes, Spartoi?"
Spartoi took several deep, excited breaths and began nodding emphatically. "I gotta BIG-SWORD!" The Himiko-like one snorted, and pulled out what appeared to be a toothpick with a handle.
"Aw come on. Now THIS is a sword."
"You stole that from an hour'de'vours plate!"
"Nu-uh!"
"It's a toothpick!"
"It's a rapier!"
Carlua gasped indignantly. "And you called ME a delinquent slut!"
Pasuzu went belowdecks to take a nap, followed later by Cait Sith, so he could once again toilet paper Pasuzu's face while he was sleeping, since he was the evil one in the group.
Carlua stuck her tongue out at his retreating back, dislodging several more teeth, and turned to the Himiko.
"What'cha gunna do, Night Gia?"
"That's Knight Gia!"
Carlua gave him a blank look. "What difference does that make?"
"It sounds cooler." He bit his fingers, drawing off his gloves. then holding them in his mouth as he put them back on again. "And I'm going to do what I do best."
"Yay!" Spartoi cried. "Rocky Horror Picture show!"
"No!" Knight Gia snapped. "I'm going to invade Miyu's dreams!" Spartoi frowned disappointedly, and Gia tugged his short yellow trenchcoat to rights again.
"Can I come?" Lemunia asked expectantly.
"No, you haven't hit puberty yet," Carlua chided.
"Heh heh heh, he said come," Spartoi guffawed.
This excited Lemunia, and he leapt on Carlua, trying to claw her mask off so he could kiss her. She shoved her foot in his groin and pushed him off, where he sat rubbing himself painfully to Spartoi's giggles. "Aww! You put out for everyone else!"
"You're not a member of my family," she said primly.
"No, you haven't hit puberty yet," chided Water Lipper, the green-haired sprite. Everyone turned to stare at her, and she glided gracefully down the ship until she smacked into the cabin wall. Which she also managed to do gracefully. She then gracefully passed out.
"Huh uh huh," Spartoi touched the male/female, "You're pretty hot, Amy. Hey, uh...someone call 911, cause I'm on fire!"
Amy threw a fireball at Spartoi, who burst into flames. No one called 911. Amy stalked down the ship's length in his heels, to get away from Spartoi, who he suspected still hadn't realized that he was male, despite his pants. He wiggled his ass disrespectfully at Spartoi, and stalked below, followed by Carlua, who spit helpfully on Spartoi. Night Gia then fell to the deck, since it had lurched upon smashing into the shore. He hopped down, rubbing his sword quite arousingly, it seemed to Lemunia, who then retired to his cabin to come on his own, since no one else would let him. (Yes, I know that was nasty.)
Miyu slept happily atop her Tori gate, dreaming of the beastly things she had done to Larva. A small smile played across her lips. Some of it she wanted to do again right now, and the animal rights activists could just go hop in a lake. A boiling lake. A boiling lake of hot wax....Miyu sighed in her sleep.
Himiko's head jerked up. She had heard something, some sort of soft wind. She opened her gown and peered in, then stopped as she felt small fingers around her neck. Aiko was squinting evilly at her, since she formerly had Himiko's fingers in her eye. She crept closer, opening her mouth expectantly.
"Watcha doin?" Himiko yelled, making the small girl blink confusedly, since her own face was just inches from Himiko's own. She pulled Himiko's neck toward her mouth slowly as a means of answering. Himiko slapped her and laughed. "Look what I did!"
The girl gave her an outraged stare, and stalked off. Himiko sat huffing to herself in the middle of the room. Suddenly, a door burst open and the janitor who had so kindly aroused Himiko by sticking his mop in his bucket slithered in. Himiko smiled at the wall.
"Gaaaarg!" it said peremptorily. Himiko peered out the window and gently giggled to herself. "I'm saying GAAAARG!" it gaarged at her. "GAAAARG!!" It did a little dance in the middle of the room. "Heyy!!! You, lady!" Himiko was now laughing quite openly. "You think Raaweeaean is funny? Raaweeaean will show you!" With that several large and impressive blue flames sprung up around it, the spines on the back of it's head rising. Himiko gave a loud gasp, falling to her knees and doubling over, tears streaming down her face. Raaweeaean was glad she was finally realizing her role as the frightened human, and said "Gaaarg!" impressively.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH_HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!!!! AH HA AH HA!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEE AW HAW HA HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!!! GAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRLLIIIIIIIIIICCCC!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Himiko laughed insanely in the creature's facial vicinity. "GAAAAAAAARRRLLIIIIIIICC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What?" The creature cast around frightfully. "Where?"
Himiko snorted approximately 32 times and pointed out the window at the produce. "FUNNY GARLIC!"
"Aw DAMN! I'm allergic to garlic." With that the creature slunk unhappily back into Aiko's body, who giggled, then vomited Larva's cloak onto Himiko.
"Ewwww," she said, smashing an empty tequila bottle she had in her purse on Aiko's head. She giggled. "That rhymes with spew. I'm clever."
Aiko collapsed once again, no so pretty as when Himiko had simply stuck a knife in her head. A small 'Do Not Disturb' sign poked out her nostril and hung. Himiko complied, and decided to pick up the contents of her purse, which had spilled out as she pulled the bottle from her purse. She found the crumpled drawing of a doll she had used to get Kei's attention the day before, or the day before yesterday, since she had spent the previous day unconscious. She remembered her goal of getting Kei into bed, and rushed off to the spot she had last seen Miyu to ask if she knew where Kei was.
As it happened, Miyu did. But Miyu was still asleep, her dreams for the moment untroubled but for the naked images of Larva that persisted in prancing through.
Night Gia stalked along the empty streets, sharpening his toothpick with Cait Sith's greasy underwear, the smell which was beginning to get to him. He was going to ram it into the little Vampire bitch's body. He was going to sear her eyes with his-
He stopped, staring, then with a howl of incredible frustration, stalked back to the ship, followed all the way by a small brown woman wearing lime panties and offering to sell him a scarf.
Carlua had her finger up her nose, and was twirling it idly when a thud announced Night Gia's return. 'That was fast,' she thought. 'I knew that little creature was weak.' She dar-hyuked, and climbed the ladder with her breasts hitting every rung on the way up.
Night Gia was standing on the deck with his arms crossed, already being confronted by Pazusu and Water Lipper's inert form. He didn't wait for anyone to speak.
"Ya idiots! This isn't Japan! This is Spain! SPAIN!" He wailed louder for emphasis.
Carlua cursed, and accidentally bit her thumb off. Pazusu went below again and dragged the middle-aged couple out, dumping them over the side as though they were to blame.
"Ssssssspaaaiin," hissed Water Lipper from her place on the ground.
Pazusu jammed his heel in her eye, and stalked below again, directing them to wake him when they got to Japan. Carlua began to sob, dropping more teeth than tears.
Larva's wrists were beginning to hurt from the cables that still held him. The small pink bunny thing had been torturing him for the last hour or so since he had woken up, hopping just close enough to kick, then darting back when he tried. He decided to stalk it.
Shiina shifted uncomfortably. She didn't like Larva. Ever since the bum in the alley, he had grown a fetish with putting small animals down his cloak, and beside that had just spent the last hour trying to kick her. Now he was just peering at her intently.
"What?" she squeaked, slightly afraid.
"I'm stalking you," Larva replied. Shiina hopped closer, and Larva's foot shot out, just missing her as she dodged back. Something occurred to her, and she hopped backward. Larva growled at her slightly. "Hey, aren't you 'sposed to be an ever-silent companion?" she asked. Larva put a blank look on his face.
"What? I can't hear you.."
Shiina hopped closer and raised her voice. "I said, aren't you supposed to be an ever-silent companion?"
For an answer, Larva hooted gleefully and punted her. Shiina sailed until she hit a tree, then got up, trying to rub her head with her puny arms. She decided she wouldn't chew Larva free after all, and left.
Larva frowned pitifully, his lower lip quivering, as Shiina left him all, all alone. The pupils of his eyes dilated, and filled with tears. His lip began to vibrate. He whimpered sadly. An enraged squeak came from the darkness, and Shiina shot forward to stop just out of range of Larva's boot. Larva tilted his head to the side beseechingly. He was without his mask, and none could resist his startlingly handsome natural face, not even Shiina. With a resigned squeak, she hesitantly made her way into the range of Larva's foot. Larva punted her across the realm, hearing her shriek all the way until she hit the ground. Larva giggled and kicked his feet happily. Shiina came stalking up to him, a bump on her head. "Now you listen here, you-"
Larva's foot slammed into her, launching her even further than before. She raced back toward him, stopping out of range this time. She stood breathing hard and giving Larva half a dirty look with her one eye. Larva laughed at her.
"Now you say you're sorry, and I might let you free!" She raised her other ear, exposing her large, bulbous yellow eye streaked with red veins.
"You're sorry."
"Well, now, that's-" Shiina halted just in time and skittered back just as Larva's foot whipped out. "Why you-"
"You got no nipples" Larva informed her. She paused in the act of searing Larva's maidenly ears.
"What? Hey," Shiina tried to peer down at her chest, but it was difficult since she had no neck. "You're right. Gee thanks!"
Larva hung his head and twisted pitifully in his bonds. He tilted his head up slightly to regard Shiina with one obscenely gorgeous eye. "If you come here and chew this, I won't kick you?"
Shiina eyed him back, then nodded smartly and moved closer. "See that you
don-"
She was cut off as Larva's boot took her on yet another voyage over the trees.
Himiko stopped once again as a long, eerie wail permeated the forest around her. She began to get frightened, and decided to run, just in case whatever it was was in front of her, so she could smack blindly into it and maybe do it some bodily harm. She skidded around trees, and finally came to a road lined with lit lanterns on poles. Himiko ran into one, sloshing the oil onto herself and bursting into all sorts of flames. She screeched, hoping the carbon dioxide would combat the oxygen she was generating as she ran in little fiery circles. Some people who had come out to watch had started to applaud. Himiko took a bow, falling over, and rolling, as the long-ago learned lesson had told her to do.
Shiina stalked wearily back to Larva, who was once again wailing pitifully. She growled squeakily. "I don't see-"
"I don't know why, considering you have such an ENORMOUS EYE!" Larva cackled at her.
She cleared her throat with a squeak and continued. "See why I should keep coming back to help you."
"I know why," Larva said quietly, in a deep but clear voice. "Shhhh, it's a secret..."
Shiina crept closer, eager to learn. This time, when she returned from her trip she sat off to the side of Larva.
"Ok ok," Larva pleaded. "That one was just a practice. It didn't count. I REALLY won't kick you this time."
"Why should I believe you?"
"Because I want out!"
Shiina eyed him doubtfully. Larva turned on the gorgeous. Shiina sighed, finally giving in, and climbed up in the tree, chewing through the cords that held him. Larva dropped to the ground, rubbing his wrists appreciatively. "Gee, thanks. You're not so bad after all." Larva reached up to pat her head. She dropped out of the tree to gaze cutely up at him.
"Why you're w-"
Larva punted her.
Miyu awoke atop her Tori gate, stretching luxuriously before opening her eyes lazily to confront a grinning Himiko
"AHHHHHH!!!!!"
Himiko gave a start and fell off the Tori gate. "AHH!!!"
Miyu glared at her bitterly, wishing she had the sexual initiative to do some of the beastly Larva things to Himiko, if only to cause her pain. "What the HELL do you want?" Miyu paused, examining her more closely. "What happened to you?"
Himiko stared blankly at Miyu through the milky opaque burned skin covering one eye. "I caught on fire...I think." Himiko lifted one charred arm to examine it closely. "Yep," she touched her arm, where the skin was turning a potato-chip consistency. "I was on fire." The skin sloughed off from under her finger and hit the ground. Himiko laughed at it. "Look what I did!" When she looked back up, Larva was standing behind Miyu.
"AAAAAAAHH!! Vampire!!" Himiko pointed two fingers at Miyu. "BEHIND YOU! LOOK OUT!"
Miyu's face fell. "Huh?"
"There's a vampire behind you! Watch out!" Himiko reached into her purse and pulled out the now fractional tequila bottle, pointing at Larva for effect, and so he'd notice it. "Lookout!"
Miyu fell off the Tori gate. "Himiko! I'M a vampire!"
"Oh NO! It's already gotten you?"
"AAAAAHH!!! No! I AM the vampire!"
"Exactly!!!"
Miyu died. Larva fanned her helpfully with his cloak. Now that Miyu had passed on to another plane of existence, he was left with Himiko alone.
She squinted her eyes at him evilly. He gave her a guarded look, owing to the fact he was wearing his mask again.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked petulantly.
"Why are YOU looking at me like THAT?"
"I'm wearing a mask!"
"What? I can't understand you, take that mask off!"
Larva gave her the finger. Himiko huffed at him, making his cloak stir. "You listen here, missy," she said, shaking a finger at him, not the one he had just shown her, "you'd better stop wearing long robes and hanging around houses or there'll be trouble!"
Larva stuck his tongue out at her. Himiko squinted at him.
"STOP IT!" Larva tore at the cowl of his cloak. "It's making that thing on your cheek touch your obsessively plucked eyebrows!"
"You started it!"
"What?" he screeched
"You're SQUINTING at ME!"
Larva tore off his mask and pointed at it. "See? Not my face!"
Himiko's eyes dilated. "AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOD YOU'RE FOXY!!!!!!!!!"
Larva blinked.
Himiko threw herself groin-first at Larva. He screeched, and dodged hurriedly back into Miyu's realm, forgetting that she lay dead under the Tori gate. Himiko hit the gate with an audible smack and slid down to the ground, cradling her bent skull. Larva casually sauntered out of Miyu's realm, leaning his elbow on the gate before ripping it out and driving it into her neck. He then gave her the finger again and hovered off, leaving Miyu dead beside Himiko, who had, ironically, survived her encounter with intravenous gates.