"They're daring," Raye whispered. Serena was at the temple again the next
day, she had told the scouts about the girl in the airport. The 5 scouts,
including the two cats sat down around a low table, all looking serious,
sad and scared.
"What do you mean?" asked Mina.
"Well, think about it," said Raye, "On the first 19 deaths, he only did it at night, but when we were out, there were no death at all. So, for showing his victim in a middle of a crowded airport is well, not something a killer in his right mind would do."
"Well, maybe he was not in his right mind." said Lita, "A crazy psycho maybe."
"Hmm...Serena, did you see anything?" asked Luna jumping on the table.
"No," Serena replied sadly, "I was talking with the my cousins, by it seemed to happen, just like that!" The scouts looked at eachother with tense faces.
"Could this be a new evil?" said Raye quietly, "A new foe?"
"I don't know," said Artemis, "But whatever it is, we need to be on guard." There was a eerie and uneasy silence. No one spoke, the only thing to be heard was the whistling of the wind outside. Suddenly, Raye's Grandpa burst into the room, making all the girls jump and give a small scream.
"Sorry to scare you girls!" he said with a cheery smile, "Serena, you've got a visitor!"
"I do...?" said Serena standing up to see a young girl with silvery blond hair come running into the room.
"LILA!"
"Bonjour Serena," Lila greeted her brightly as Raye's Grandpa left.
"How did you find me here?" asked Serena with burrowed eyebrows.
"Asked your mum, she said this is where you hung out the most, and also, she wants you back home by 6. And by the way my name is Lilac Delone or just Lila, I'm Serena's cousin from my mom and her mom side. And you must be Serena's friends!" Lila said all this without stopping and very fast. The scouts stared at her and sweat-dropped majorly.
"Hello," said Amy, "I'm Amy. Nice to meet you. This is Raye, Lita, and Mina." She pointed at the right person as she spoke.
"Bonjour," said Lila giving them a small curtsy.
"Do you guys always curtsy?" Lita asked bluntly, "I mean, in like in London or France." Lila giggled.
"No, I'm just used to it, I was stuck in a Finishing school for 3 years and they would give you detention everytime you didn't curtsy to a new person, very scrtict." she explained.
"Detention everytime you didn't curtsy?" Mina said in suprise, "I'll be in detention everyday then!"
"I was too," said Lila nodding, "I hated to curtsy to the boys 'cause they weren't worth it." Raye smiled, amused somehow.
"Well, gotta go!" said Lila turning on her heels and sped outside.
"That was quick." Lita said, Serena sat back down.
"She has a twin thats exactly the opposites of her," Serena explained, "My relatives are strange poeple..."
"And I thought Serena was wierd," muttered Raye. Serena glanced dangerously at her.
The pilots leased a 3 bedroom apartment, not far from Crossroad High. Quatre and Trowa shared a room. Duo and Heero was in one room and Wufei luckily had one room to himself. He refused to share room with Duo.
With their things unpack by 5 P.M, the boys decided (or maybe just Duo) to look around Tokyo. Quatre had heard there was a Japanese Temple called Cherry Hill that has a reputation for strange things happening there, but Duo was more keen about where the girls hung out. Heero reminded him with a gun that they were there on a mission, not for fun.
"We'll go to the temple then," said Quatre, "I'm sure people there can help us." All 5 agreed to go but Duo seemed dissapointed.
So, the temple it was. It took them 20 minutes to find their way to the temple, with accidental turns and Duo charming the passing girls, they were lucky to even make it. When they arrived, there was a short, old man, sweeping the leaves off sidewalks. The man looked up and spotted them. He gave a cheery wave.
"Hello there young'ens," the old man said in a gruff, but healthy voice, "Are you new here? I haven't seen you around."
"Yeah," said Quatre politely, "Uh, we were just looking around, sorry to disturb you."
"Ah nonsense," the old man said, "Everyone's welcome here, well, if it was granddaughter was here, she would kick you out."
"A weak onna? Kicking us out?" Wufei scoffed.
"Whats an onna?" the old man asked, confused.
"Thats what he calls the woman and girls," Duo explained, "By the way, is she here?!"
"Yeah, she here with a couple of her friends inside, go ahead inside." said the old man, "I'm Samuel Hino by the way!"
"Nice to meet," said Quatre, "I'm Quatre Winner, this is Trowa Barton, the braided one is Duo Maxwell, Thats Wufei Chang and that over there is Heero Yuy."
"Ah, young peoples these days," said Mr. Hino, "Come on in." He led them into the temple and stopped at a certain door that was lkit up from the inside. The boys could hear talking from inside.
What am I doing going to meet onnas? thought Wufei, I must be getting weak. Damn it!
"Girls!" said Duo excitedly, "Coming here wasn't sucha bad idea after all!" The door slid open and in the way stood a girl with long shining blond hair tied up with a red-orange bow. She looked at them with bright blue eyes and grinned broadly. Wow, now thats a hot one! thought Duo.
"Hello!" she said all bubbly, "Who might you be?"
"Who is it?" came a slightly mad voice from the inside. A girl with dark purple-black hair appeared behind the blond, her eyes were a mysterious mix of red and black that looked a tad bit irratated now.
"Who are you and what do want?" she snapped at them.
Wufei looked at her carefully, she looked mad and annoyed at them. Onnas were weak, but yet, strangely, he thought he felt some sort of feeling, strange feeling, of energy. He couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was though. It wasn't a regualr feeling, but he sensed something from her, some sort of bittersweet radiance.
"Oh, don't be so mean Raye, they're gorgeous," said the Blond. Quatre went crimson when she said that and Duo looked proud of himself.
"Who's gorgeous?" said another voice. A tall girl with deep brown hair tied up in a high ponytail appeared.
"Hey..." she said with an instant dreamy look, "Wow, they look like my old boyfriend, Freddy."
"This is no time for stupid boys Mina!" Raye scolded her.
"Stupid boys?" Duo demanded, "Who're you calling stupid?"
"You." Raye replied coolly.
"Weak onnas." Wufei muttered.
"Onnas?" repeated Mina questioningly, "Whats an onna and why are they weak?" Duo and Quatre sweatdropped.
"Nevermind that," said Raye angerily now walking towards the boys, "Who are you and what do you want?"
"I'm Duo Maxwell and I'm...uh...i dunno..." Duo replied. Raye stared at him for awhile and turned to the others, her eyes demanding the same thing.
"I'm Quatre, just visiting..." said Quatre. Raye eyed him suspiciously too before turning to Heero.
"And who are you?" she asked.
"Heero Yuy," Heero replied.
"And...?"
"Oh give the guy a break Raye!" said Lita smiling at them, "I'm Lita, Nice to meet you."
"Who is it guys?" said another voice and appeared a blue-haired girl and a blond, her hair put up in two ponytails with 2 odango sitting on top of it.
"Wow, more girls!" said Duo excitedy.
"Uh...more onnas..." muttered Wufei with a disgusted face.
"Hello," said Quatre kindly, like always.
"Hn."
"..."
"Oh hello," said the blue haired girl kindly, "I'm Amy, who might all of you be?"
"I'm Duo, thats Quatre, thats Trowa and the one giving you all death glares now is Heero and the chinese boy is Wufei."
"Hm..." Raye eyed them suspiciously, " And why are you here...?"
"Are you always this suspicious?" asked Quatre, "I thought temples were friendly."
"Well, the ones with Raye as a priestess aren't," the blond with the 2 ponytail said.
"SERENA!" Raye warned loudly.
"It is true," Serena said with a sheepish grin, "You weren't very welcoming when I first met you!"
"Yes but in a time like this..." Raye trailed off and sighed. "Okay, I guess I overdid it" she confessed, "BUT, it won't keep me from watching you 5." Mina, Serena, Lita and Amy sweatdroped at their purple-haired friend.
They girls them invited them in despite Raye's protest. Lita started feeding them all the things she had cooked. And boy was Duo happy! Quatre was in a conversation with Amy and Raye about what was happening around the area.
"Why doesn't Trowa talk?" asked Mina looking at the tall silent pilot, "He barely said a word since he came."
"He doesn't talk much..." Quatre explained.
"Ah..."
"And what is it with that Chang boy about onnas being weak?" asked Lita, "What are they, food?" Wufei turned red with both anger and embarrassment when Lita said that and Duo started snickering furiously behind his hands.
"No its not food," Quatre informed sweat dropping, "Its his name for woman and females." There was a strange silence in the room after that last sentence spoken by the blond boy.
Lita blinked and said, "He thinks females are weak?" Her voice was quivering a little, she was mad. "HA, you'll be suprise what some females will do to him if they heard that." she said with her eyes closed. The girls was suprised Lita didn't start yelling at Wufei.
"Ahem..." Amy cleared her throat and changed the subject, "So, are you guys on a vaction here?"
And everything turned normal after that and Heero wasn't joining in the chat either, nor was Trowa. Wufei will mutter something every 2 or 3 minutes.
But Heero was watching the girls' every move, their every expression, their tone of voice and their body laungauges towards eachother. He was suspicious (A/N: God I hate that word...), and it wasn't good news when he was.
At 6, the boys left, waving goodbye to their new friends. At the same time, Serena had rushed back home.
"I like that braided Hunk!" Mina exclaimed later, "He's so charming isn't he!?"
"They're a bit strange..." Raye muttered.
"Raye give it a rest," said Lita waving the thought away, "They just arrived yesterday, they couldn't have been the killer."
"I think we should still be careful, call Serena we're going tonight.." ordered Raye and she got up and laid down on her bed.
"Okay..."
"What do you mean?" asked Mina.
"Well, think about it," said Raye, "On the first 19 deaths, he only did it at night, but when we were out, there were no death at all. So, for showing his victim in a middle of a crowded airport is well, not something a killer in his right mind would do."
"Well, maybe he was not in his right mind." said Lita, "A crazy psycho maybe."
"Hmm...Serena, did you see anything?" asked Luna jumping on the table.
"No," Serena replied sadly, "I was talking with the my cousins, by it seemed to happen, just like that!" The scouts looked at eachother with tense faces.
"Could this be a new evil?" said Raye quietly, "A new foe?"
"I don't know," said Artemis, "But whatever it is, we need to be on guard." There was a eerie and uneasy silence. No one spoke, the only thing to be heard was the whistling of the wind outside. Suddenly, Raye's Grandpa burst into the room, making all the girls jump and give a small scream.
"Sorry to scare you girls!" he said with a cheery smile, "Serena, you've got a visitor!"
"I do...?" said Serena standing up to see a young girl with silvery blond hair come running into the room.
"LILA!"
"Bonjour Serena," Lila greeted her brightly as Raye's Grandpa left.
"How did you find me here?" asked Serena with burrowed eyebrows.
"Asked your mum, she said this is where you hung out the most, and also, she wants you back home by 6. And by the way my name is Lilac Delone or just Lila, I'm Serena's cousin from my mom and her mom side. And you must be Serena's friends!" Lila said all this without stopping and very fast. The scouts stared at her and sweat-dropped majorly.
"Hello," said Amy, "I'm Amy. Nice to meet you. This is Raye, Lita, and Mina." She pointed at the right person as she spoke.
"Bonjour," said Lila giving them a small curtsy.
"Do you guys always curtsy?" Lita asked bluntly, "I mean, in like in London or France." Lila giggled.
"No, I'm just used to it, I was stuck in a Finishing school for 3 years and they would give you detention everytime you didn't curtsy to a new person, very scrtict." she explained.
"Detention everytime you didn't curtsy?" Mina said in suprise, "I'll be in detention everyday then!"
"I was too," said Lila nodding, "I hated to curtsy to the boys 'cause they weren't worth it." Raye smiled, amused somehow.
"Well, gotta go!" said Lila turning on her heels and sped outside.
"That was quick." Lita said, Serena sat back down.
"She has a twin thats exactly the opposites of her," Serena explained, "My relatives are strange poeple..."
"And I thought Serena was wierd," muttered Raye. Serena glanced dangerously at her.
The pilots leased a 3 bedroom apartment, not far from Crossroad High. Quatre and Trowa shared a room. Duo and Heero was in one room and Wufei luckily had one room to himself. He refused to share room with Duo.
With their things unpack by 5 P.M, the boys decided (or maybe just Duo) to look around Tokyo. Quatre had heard there was a Japanese Temple called Cherry Hill that has a reputation for strange things happening there, but Duo was more keen about where the girls hung out. Heero reminded him with a gun that they were there on a mission, not for fun.
"We'll go to the temple then," said Quatre, "I'm sure people there can help us." All 5 agreed to go but Duo seemed dissapointed.
So, the temple it was. It took them 20 minutes to find their way to the temple, with accidental turns and Duo charming the passing girls, they were lucky to even make it. When they arrived, there was a short, old man, sweeping the leaves off sidewalks. The man looked up and spotted them. He gave a cheery wave.
"Hello there young'ens," the old man said in a gruff, but healthy voice, "Are you new here? I haven't seen you around."
"Yeah," said Quatre politely, "Uh, we were just looking around, sorry to disturb you."
"Ah nonsense," the old man said, "Everyone's welcome here, well, if it was granddaughter was here, she would kick you out."
"A weak onna? Kicking us out?" Wufei scoffed.
"Whats an onna?" the old man asked, confused.
"Thats what he calls the woman and girls," Duo explained, "By the way, is she here?!"
"Yeah, she here with a couple of her friends inside, go ahead inside." said the old man, "I'm Samuel Hino by the way!"
"Nice to meet," said Quatre, "I'm Quatre Winner, this is Trowa Barton, the braided one is Duo Maxwell, Thats Wufei Chang and that over there is Heero Yuy."
"Ah, young peoples these days," said Mr. Hino, "Come on in." He led them into the temple and stopped at a certain door that was lkit up from the inside. The boys could hear talking from inside.
What am I doing going to meet onnas? thought Wufei, I must be getting weak. Damn it!
"Girls!" said Duo excitedly, "Coming here wasn't sucha bad idea after all!" The door slid open and in the way stood a girl with long shining blond hair tied up with a red-orange bow. She looked at them with bright blue eyes and grinned broadly. Wow, now thats a hot one! thought Duo.
"Hello!" she said all bubbly, "Who might you be?"
"Who is it?" came a slightly mad voice from the inside. A girl with dark purple-black hair appeared behind the blond, her eyes were a mysterious mix of red and black that looked a tad bit irratated now.
"Who are you and what do want?" she snapped at them.
Wufei looked at her carefully, she looked mad and annoyed at them. Onnas were weak, but yet, strangely, he thought he felt some sort of feeling, strange feeling, of energy. He couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was though. It wasn't a regualr feeling, but he sensed something from her, some sort of bittersweet radiance.
"Oh, don't be so mean Raye, they're gorgeous," said the Blond. Quatre went crimson when she said that and Duo looked proud of himself.
"Who's gorgeous?" said another voice. A tall girl with deep brown hair tied up in a high ponytail appeared.
"Hey..." she said with an instant dreamy look, "Wow, they look like my old boyfriend, Freddy."
"This is no time for stupid boys Mina!" Raye scolded her.
"Stupid boys?" Duo demanded, "Who're you calling stupid?"
"You." Raye replied coolly.
"Weak onnas." Wufei muttered.
"Onnas?" repeated Mina questioningly, "Whats an onna and why are they weak?" Duo and Quatre sweatdropped.
"Nevermind that," said Raye angerily now walking towards the boys, "Who are you and what do you want?"
"I'm Duo Maxwell and I'm...uh...i dunno..." Duo replied. Raye stared at him for awhile and turned to the others, her eyes demanding the same thing.
"I'm Quatre, just visiting..." said Quatre. Raye eyed him suspiciously too before turning to Heero.
"And who are you?" she asked.
"Heero Yuy," Heero replied.
"And...?"
"Oh give the guy a break Raye!" said Lita smiling at them, "I'm Lita, Nice to meet you."
"Who is it guys?" said another voice and appeared a blue-haired girl and a blond, her hair put up in two ponytails with 2 odango sitting on top of it.
"Wow, more girls!" said Duo excitedy.
"Uh...more onnas..." muttered Wufei with a disgusted face.
"Hello," said Quatre kindly, like always.
"Hn."
"..."
"Oh hello," said the blue haired girl kindly, "I'm Amy, who might all of you be?"
"I'm Duo, thats Quatre, thats Trowa and the one giving you all death glares now is Heero and the chinese boy is Wufei."
"Hm..." Raye eyed them suspiciously, " And why are you here...?"
"Are you always this suspicious?" asked Quatre, "I thought temples were friendly."
"Well, the ones with Raye as a priestess aren't," the blond with the 2 ponytail said.
"SERENA!" Raye warned loudly.
"It is true," Serena said with a sheepish grin, "You weren't very welcoming when I first met you!"
"Yes but in a time like this..." Raye trailed off and sighed. "Okay, I guess I overdid it" she confessed, "BUT, it won't keep me from watching you 5." Mina, Serena, Lita and Amy sweatdroped at their purple-haired friend.
They girls them invited them in despite Raye's protest. Lita started feeding them all the things she had cooked. And boy was Duo happy! Quatre was in a conversation with Amy and Raye about what was happening around the area.
"Why doesn't Trowa talk?" asked Mina looking at the tall silent pilot, "He barely said a word since he came."
"He doesn't talk much..." Quatre explained.
"Ah..."
"And what is it with that Chang boy about onnas being weak?" asked Lita, "What are they, food?" Wufei turned red with both anger and embarrassment when Lita said that and Duo started snickering furiously behind his hands.
"No its not food," Quatre informed sweat dropping, "Its his name for woman and females." There was a strange silence in the room after that last sentence spoken by the blond boy.
Lita blinked and said, "He thinks females are weak?" Her voice was quivering a little, she was mad. "HA, you'll be suprise what some females will do to him if they heard that." she said with her eyes closed. The girls was suprised Lita didn't start yelling at Wufei.
"Ahem..." Amy cleared her throat and changed the subject, "So, are you guys on a vaction here?"
And everything turned normal after that and Heero wasn't joining in the chat either, nor was Trowa. Wufei will mutter something every 2 or 3 minutes.
But Heero was watching the girls' every move, their every expression, their tone of voice and their body laungauges towards eachother. He was suspicious (A/N: God I hate that word...), and it wasn't good news when he was.
At 6, the boys left, waving goodbye to their new friends. At the same time, Serena had rushed back home.
"I like that braided Hunk!" Mina exclaimed later, "He's so charming isn't he!?"
"They're a bit strange..." Raye muttered.
"Raye give it a rest," said Lita waving the thought away, "They just arrived yesterday, they couldn't have been the killer."
"I think we should still be careful, call Serena we're going tonight.." ordered Raye and she got up and laid down on her bed.
"Okay..."