I am so evil. I am so. evil. to Azuma. poor, poor, poor Azuma.
::shrug:: Oh well.
Okay, I've finally posted the next chapter. ::laughs nervously:: Sorry about that last one. it was way too short and. way too. I don't know! It could have been better! There, that's what I was trying to say! So I worked hard on this one for YOU. Yes, YOU!
Haha! I apologize for any initial boringness and oddity, because. well. things are about to get just a little bit weird.
Okay.. actually *really* weird. I don't know what I was on when I wrote this chapter. So, um, bear with it if you can. ^_^
::deep breath:: I can't start the chapter without thanking everyone, though. Lesse.. current thanks go again to HC (Hpcsactor/EkiraTamer dude), cuz I came up with these next two chapters out of an idea he gave me... And GO REVIEW HIS STORY (Candidate of Veelas) BECAUSE HE WON'T UPDATE SO I CAN SEE IT UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE REVIEWS IT, DARNIT! ::puff:: Okay, moving on.. thanks to Mihoshi [THAAAAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOOOOOOU! Haha. Now that we are all genderified ::bursts out laughing:: Anyway, GO READ HERS TOO!], Lalita [O_O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wrote as fast as I could. Awww ::blushes:: Ya shouldn't've said that. I know you're just saying that because I suck, but STILL ::face turns beet red and she passes out.. the shoots back up when she remembers something:: Oh, RIGHT! That would be weird.. but you guys are trying to have me crucified with this H/K talk! ::sly look:: Let's see what happens.. who loves H/K more? Or is it Z/K more? ::puts pinky to mouth in Dr. Evil fashion:: NEEWAY, go read HERS TOO!], Tezza [As always! ::interested look:: You got me interested in Quatre singing a song of that sort ::leans forward, with grin:: And your honest way of making money! ::begins to cry:: S.G.H.R.A?! ::sobs:: Thank you sooooooooooo much! ::proudly places it beside the flamerthrower she confiscated from Heero after he burned down her basement the first time.. scratched in logos such as 'Gundeynyum Roolz,' sticker for 'First PRIZE for Most Psychotic Japanese Anime Character 2000 (and 01 and 02.. long STORY. Go READ IT! Que SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES!):: ::tear:: Thank you! ::hugs:: GO JAMIE!], Neko-gurl [::at top of cliff:: ^_^ Cliffhanger gone! ::falls off the cliff:: Awww, darnit! ::cracks and itai's all the way down:: Darn cliff. I'll work on that, ne? ::wink:: PS: GO READ 'AS TIME GOES BY!' ::tear:: Hiead you jerk lover boy!], Isaacy [As usual! Neeway, I thought that too.. but I'm going to explain why it worked ::dun. Dun. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNH!:: Next chapter. ::cackles:: It takes one to know one! ::makes evil movie noises:: PS: YOU CALLED ME EVIL, SO NO MORE COMMENTS], Xaphrin [And you! ::does karate front stance.. then gives sly look:: I can take a Samurai.. or Battousai.. like Kenshin ::drools:: Oh baby! ::snaps out of it, nervous laughter:: Um... he he? PS: GET WRITING], mary-chan [::more blushing:: Thank you. You wouldn't happen to be a-er-well-Hiead and Kizna fan, wouldja? You just seem like you would HATE that. ::laughs:: Just kidding. Though I would agree with the Zero thing ::coughs:: Oh well, right? As for your proposition... ::laughs nervously:: Depends on how many axes get thrown at my head, ne? ::grins::], As for TheKawaiiArtist and KawaiiDragon2 [I wasn't sure whether or not this was the same person or two very similar, oddly synchronized people, so I'm just doing yours together.. ::clears throat:: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Owari ::grin:: You'll see, ne. ::scratches chin:: Might end up as a separate fic? ::shrug::], Ichan [::panics:: Please don't cry, please don't cry, PLEAAAASE?! I am the absolute worst cry-person-er-taker carer of-er-person crying.. er. ::offers chocolate:: Better? PLEASE?!], sole [.. ^_^], JiYoung [Here's going to soon! ::pops bottle of fresh chocolate milk::], and IkhnyGnr [YOU GET WRITING TOO! ^_^ NOW!]
::pants:: I know a lot of that was jarbled, but I hope all of my thanks to those who did review and still those who did not came through! Thank you! ::points:: Now on with the anarchy!
PS: I just wanted to get this chapter OUT. So if it comes out weird.. well.. that's to be expected, but if it's short [too short] I'm sorry! Tell me and I'll add to it, then re-upload it and add another chapter, okay? Enjoy! GOOOOOOOOOo OOC and craziness!
----------------------------Towryk Eyes Pt. 6------------------------------
Zero woke to the all too farmilar sensation of spinning. in zero gravity.
/~Oh Goddess Oh Goddess Oh Goddess Oh Goddess--!~/
Zero blinked and looked around. /Hey! Who SAID THAT?!?/
/~Good morning STUPID. This is your stomach SPEAKING. And this is what I have to say: OH. MY. GOOD. GODDESS./
/What the heck is your problem?!/
The boy shuddered as his stomach seemed to laugh at him. /~Well, it's about to become YOUR problem if you don't get your carcass in gear. There are a few things in here that I don't think you want coming out.~/
/Uh oh./
/~Uh oh is right, bone bag./
Zero squinted his eyes and tried to shut out everything. /Come on. come on! Remember what happened!! Remember--/
*Zero, quit being an idiot!*
He opened his eyes. "WHAT? Kizna?"
*We're going to get you over this zero gravity sickness, okay? You've got to become a Goddess Pilot! Just remember--*
At the memory of her voice, Zero's muscles slackened. He slowly let his body go, simply floating in space instead of scrambling to take control. /Come on, body! Let go! Just like Kizna told you./ He immediately felt a very warm sensation. It spread from his fingertips throughout the rest of his body, making him feel. making him feel like he was being held in someone's arms, like he was protected instead of enclosed in cold darkness, like he also was when he lost control. the warmth made him want to cry out. A smile graced his lips. /So this is what it feels like to not be afraid. This is what Kizna was talking about. Kizna./ A few seconds, and he opened his eyes. The world wasn't spinning anymore.
"-ber 88 and 89, can you--"
"Hunh? Wait a second, is that - HEY! HEY, IT'S ME! I'm okay! Where are you guys?!"
"You fell over the edge, Zero! Just lock your sensors on the control panel and you ought to be automatically oriented up!" With a decisive nod, Zero let go of a little of the warmth and flexed his fingers. He was automatically drawn upward, toward a light that appeared just beyond his vision. After an interminable amount of time, he felt his Pro Ing pass the edge and land back on the battlefield. He heard a beep sound behind him and turned to see Hiead land just a few seconds later.
The appearance of the two top fighters appeared to push away the last remaining traces of the white cloud, and the other fighters were revealed, slowly gaining their own bearings and rising.
"Whoa, what a rush!" Yamagi groaned and reached behind his back to rub his shoulder. He winced as he felt a cut there. "So much for coming out unscathed. Hey, is everybody okay?"
Various grunts signified that a few were. A loud scream signified that one certainly was not.
Hiead immediately identified the scream as Ikhny's and growled automatically. "Allecto, stop screaming!"
"Don't be a jerk, Hiead," responded Zero.
Hiead jerked. "You can't tell me how to--."
"IS she your Repairer right now? NO. So SHUT UP!" A note of concern entered his voice. "Ikhny? Are you all right?" Silence, and his concern grew. "Hey, can anybody hear me? Hold on!" Zero spun his Pro Ing around and dashed for the docking bay. The others quickly followed him. He all but tripped all the way to the control room and screeched to a halt. Blink.
"Um, Instructor?"
"Ughh.. hangover.. feeling.. "
Azuma Hijikata was not very happy with how he was feeling. Besides the fact that he had this horrible hangover sensation, he felt as if his chest weighed a hundred pounds. Every time he tried to sit up, he just ended flopping back down. He groaned heavily, rubbing his forehead. After several seconds of coaxing, he cracked open one eye.
Rill was not very happy with how she was feeling. Besides the fact that she had this horrible hangover sensation, she felt as if - I don't really know how to explain it. Every time she tried to sit up, she just ended up flopping back down. After the third flop, she realized that it was not floor that she was flopping onto. After several seconds of reasoning, she cracked open one eye.
Azuma and Rill stared blankly at each other for probably a full ten seconds before realization of their position dawned on them. They were laying spread out on the floor, and-
She choked. /No, don't tell me we--/ She spotted the control panel and the rest of the Repairers. She heaved an enormous sigh of relief. /Thank the Goddesses! I don't know how I would have explained that one./
An odd look spread across Azuma's face. "As much as I know you want my body, Rill." He leaned forward until he was face to face with her, and his voice rose: ".would you please, GET THE HECK OFF OF ME!!"
"WELL EXCUSE ME, MR. PERFECT!" yelled Rill point blank, and all but threw herself off of him. Unfortunately, an extraordinary lightness had attached itself to her and she immediately lost her balance, falling backward on the steps. Azuma rose and dusted himself off, still feeling heavy. He re- adjusted his glasses on his nose and was belatedly struck with the remembrance of what had happened. He spun around to the control panel, almost losing his balance a second time, and stared at the battlefield. He couldn't see anything yet, for the whiteness was just fading. He glared at the Repairers. "WELL?? WHAT HAPPENED?"
Ikhny slowly turned, and screamed.
This seemed to knock everyone out of their dazes and everyone turned to look at Ikhny, then what Ikhny was staring at. They just. stared.
Azuma was annoyed. "What the heck are you screaming about??" He spun around to look at what she was talking about, but only saw an equally annoyed Rill. He gaze was readjusted as Zero and the rest of the Candidates burst through the door and. stared. "WHAT? WHAT?? Are you all fish or something?"
"Azuma."
"WHAT?!"
"Azuma you-you-you look--" began Rill, but she just couldn't finish. She burst out laughing.
The sound was disturbing. That's all I've got to say.
All the other Candidates were just-oh Goddess. They couldn't believe it.
Azuma ran to the closest screen, trying to see the ghost of his image. He seemed fine until he looked down. craned his neck down to look at his own chest, and just about lost all his body fluids.
Azuma Hijitaka had a *chest.*
I don't mean a male's chest either, if that is any indication to you.
Maybe you know why, now, none of the other Candidates had a very good grasp on how to react.
Azuma, on the other hand. hey, have you guys ever seen anime where a character is so totally wigged out that their eyes are like this O_o and there's that blank, 'nobody's home, leave a message look' thing in their eyes? Yeah. He was doing that. Another scream drew him out of it though. It was Rill's. Before he knew it, said blond onna had grabbed a hold of his collar and was snarling in his face.
"AZUMA HIJIKATA, GIVE ME BACK MY RACK!!"
Que 'nobody's home' look. "What?"
She threw him back and ripped open her doctor's drape, revealing a very, very, very, very, veryveryveryveryveryveryVERY flat chest. Her face was about to pop off her head. "I said GIVE ME BACK MY RACK!!!"
This phrase, in fact, was soooo funny, that Yamagi then snapped out of his horror and began to laugh. Rill was the closest one to him, so she did the honors.
Flat on his face faster than he could say, "," he was quickly assaulted by the jarred woman. "Do you have ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET THAT RACK?!? HUNH?!?! WHY THE FRIGGIN HECK ELSE DO YOU THINK THEY REFER TO ME AS THE 'WHITE MADONNA' AS REVERINGLY AS THEY DO?!?! Of course YOU wouldn't know because you're just a KID and furthermore, you're JUST A FRIGGIN CANDIDATE!"
Yamagi, on the other hand, was close to tears. "Dr. Rill, I'm soOoOoOoORRRRYYYY!"
"Dr. Rill."
"What?!" snapped she, spinning around and coming nose to nose with an oddly calm-looking Tsukasa.
*Get off of him, Tramp.*
Everybody's eyes widened. Rill blinked. "What did you just say?"
Tsukasa blushed the tiniest bit. "I said Dr. Rill--"
"-No," cut in Rill, still disbelievingly. "You.. you called me.. a tramp."
"N-no, I didn't!"
Rill's fingers let loose of Yamagi and he heaved a sigh of relief. "Oh thank the Goddesses. I can breathe."
"I HEARD you call me a TRAMP," gritted Rill. "You CALLED me a TRAMP!"
*How could she hear what I said?*
"See!" she cried triumphantly. "You admit it!"
Yamagi's eyebrow went up. "Your voice sounds really funny, Tsukasa.." He squinted and inched closer. "Is something wrong?"
She blushed again. "N-no!" *He's actually asking how I'm feeling! Oh no! Don't blush, don't blush!*
The purple haired candidate froze, slow realization spreading across his face. "Does it seem to anybody else.. uh.. that her voice.. is in your head?"
*They can hear my thoughts?!*
"WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA."
And that was the initial extent of Yamagi Kushida's commentary, accentuated by a certain unreadable look.
He he.
"Why can you guys only hear MY thoughts?" asked Tsukasa after a significant pause. Everyone looked around until they heard two loud moans. Zero's head whipped to the right. His partner-
"KIZNA! Are you all right?" He unconsciously avoided touching Azuma in passing (who had, by the way, lapsed into a sort of disbelieving stupor that blocked out all of the surroundings goings on-in other words, he was so shocked by his new rack that he just wasn't paying attention to anyone else) and skidded to a stop before the fallen Repairer. His brain froze. /Kizna....../ He lowered himself on one knee and began to shake. /I hope that nothing../ "Kizna. Kizna! Wake up!"
He was about to throttle her when she moaned and opened her eyes. "Hunh?" She blinked several times and Zero's worried face came into focus. "Zero?"
Zero helped drag her to a sitting position and watched her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think--" She squinted for a moment in concentration. "-the EX reaction.. what happened?! Is everyone all right?"
"Well," ventured Clay slowly, "Tsukasa, it seems, has an inner voice that everyone can hear.."
*Uh oh.*
"Uh oh is right," hissed Rill. The two stared at each other a moment before abruptly looking off in other directions.
Sweatdrop. "Yeah, and, um.." He threw a cautious glance at the doctor and decided against being direct. ".. well.." /Better to involve the not so conscious one than the mad one. One point brain boy./ ".. Azuma is now in possession of.." He trailed off and motioned to Azuma.
She involuntarily jerked when she saw exactly what he was in possession of, and felt an overwhelming sense of pity for him. "Poor GUY.." But the thought of the reason WHY there had been such an intense EX reaction struck her and her sympathetic look switched into a glare. "Serves him right!" Pause. "I think."
"So far, those seem to be the only ca... su.. al.. uh, Hiead, are you okay?"
Hiead didn't answer, but instead, stared off into a dark corner of the room. Zero rose to tap him on the shoulder when Kizna yelped and punched him in the leg. He spun around. "HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"YOU STEPPED ON MY TAIL YOU JERK!!" yelled Kizna. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE SO STUPID AS TO STEP ON MY-UH OH."
Everyone except Hiead slowly turned, fearing what they might see. Kizna stood up and turned around, tapping at the new addition to-erm-her backend.
A tail.
Half of them sighed in relief, for they had expected something more creepy like-well-take a look at Azuma. Need I say more? The other half, Zero, Clay, and Yamagi included, just.. stared.
Her tail was absolutely fascinating.
The waving appendage was very sleek, cat-like, with a beigish color, very similar to her skin. It was almost like a different person because it moved so _differently_ from the rest of Kizna's body. The three boys unconsciously leaned forward. The tail twitched, then smacked them all across the face in a very attitudinal manner.
Zero winced but recovered quickly in a very Zero-like manner. As if he didn't already have a difficult time noticing her as Hiead's-- _temporary_ 'partner,' now that absolutely. ABSOLUTELY fascinating tail had to get in the way. Just a flick of the tip and his attention would snap back to her.
This was going to make things very difficult.
He cocked his head a little and reached for it, but it was Kizna's hand this time that smacked him. He gave her a pitiful look. Very difficult indeed.
"Amazing," murmured Clay, careful not to touch the tail. Another million things ran through his head as he spoke. "An EX reaction causing this many things at once! Very.. interesting.." He spiraled into his own thoughts and Zero absently pushed him to the left in order to better see Kizna's tail. Reaching for it again clearly indicated that he was not deterred by the implications of the first smack.
Yamagi reached for Kizna's tail as well, but in a significantly less obsessive manner.
*Yamagi, I can't believe you!* thought Tsukasa furiously. The silently addressed boy waved his hand dismissively.
"Aww, cut it out, Tsukasa! I was just looking. It's not every day that you see a tail you--" He stopped in the middle and turned to look at her very calm expression, very in contrast with the attitude of the voice . "Didn't you just-aww, this is SO confusing! How the-!" He was caught off guard as Hiead's right hand flicked out and his steel grip grabbed him by the collar, dragging him two feet to look in the other direction. "WHAT THE--"
"Shut up." Said boy shut up. Hiead's face was a little bit paler than normal, but it seemed to return to natural color as he spoke. "Tell me you see Ikhny right over THERE."
Yamagi groaned and looked in the direction Hiead indicated. He squinted a little bit. "Yeah. So what?" Silence. He inched closer. "What??"
The steel grip spun him around and faced him in the opposite direction. Yamagi nodded. "Aa. Ikhny's there too. Really Hiead, I don't see what you-- "
Blink. Blink.
"HOLY--!!!"
"Glad to see you own somewhat of an I.Q., Sherlock," snapped Hiead. He spun him around and nearly lifted the shorter boy off the floor. "How the HECK did Allecto end up as two people?!"
"I DON'T KNOW! I DON'T KNOW! I'M NOT A GENE-WHATSAMACALLIT!!" Hiead released Yamagi in disgust and spun on his heel toward the Ikhny that was standing frightened to one side [hai, the one that screamed if you're paying attention, no da]. She let out a frightened yelp before he even got there, and she was shaking uncontrollably by the time he reached her. He reached out to grab her shoulder, but when she began to sob hysterically he took a step back.
/Allecto is a weakling, but not a-not a-not THIS! I haven't even yelled at her yet!/ His confusion only made him angrier, which in turn made the Ikhny at his feet sob more hysterically. He felt the urge to strangle her pathetic cries, but stopped when he remembered the other body in the corner. He stalked away from one and immediately grabbed the shoulder of the other, roughly shaking her. "Wake up, you idiot!"
Needless to say, he was shocked when the arm he was shaking sprung to life and the hand grabbed his wrist. The eyes of the Ikhny before him shot open and dark, angry eyes met the glare of the magenta ones. Her mouth twisted up into a distorted smirk. "Shove it, freak boy." And for the second time three days, Hiead received a very solid punch to the face.
O_o_O_o Tell me what you think minna!
Next Chapter: ::wince:: Evil, evil... ::cough:: Erm, the rest of the EX causing oddities are revealed. Let's just hope another Azuma incident does not occur. Maybe it SHOULD since that STUPID INSTRUCTOR decided to CONTINUE with his STUPID PLAN! ::sigh:: All right. Neeway, our boy Clay tells us his interesting thoughts, and.. oh, dude, if you have any questions as for why something happened [ex/Issacy mentioned how he thought the Repairer/Candidate thing wouldn't click, and Clay is going to explain that] Until then, party fans.. goodnight!
::shrug:: Oh well.
Okay, I've finally posted the next chapter. ::laughs nervously:: Sorry about that last one. it was way too short and. way too. I don't know! It could have been better! There, that's what I was trying to say! So I worked hard on this one for YOU. Yes, YOU!
Haha! I apologize for any initial boringness and oddity, because. well. things are about to get just a little bit weird.
Okay.. actually *really* weird. I don't know what I was on when I wrote this chapter. So, um, bear with it if you can. ^_^
::deep breath:: I can't start the chapter without thanking everyone, though. Lesse.. current thanks go again to HC (Hpcsactor/EkiraTamer dude), cuz I came up with these next two chapters out of an idea he gave me... And GO REVIEW HIS STORY (Candidate of Veelas) BECAUSE HE WON'T UPDATE SO I CAN SEE IT UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE REVIEWS IT, DARNIT! ::puff:: Okay, moving on.. thanks to Mihoshi [THAAAAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOOOOOOU! Haha. Now that we are all genderified ::bursts out laughing:: Anyway, GO READ HERS TOO!], Lalita [O_O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wrote as fast as I could. Awww ::blushes:: Ya shouldn't've said that. I know you're just saying that because I suck, but STILL ::face turns beet red and she passes out.. the shoots back up when she remembers something:: Oh, RIGHT! That would be weird.. but you guys are trying to have me crucified with this H/K talk! ::sly look:: Let's see what happens.. who loves H/K more? Or is it Z/K more? ::puts pinky to mouth in Dr. Evil fashion:: NEEWAY, go read HERS TOO!], Tezza [As always! ::interested look:: You got me interested in Quatre singing a song of that sort ::leans forward, with grin:: And your honest way of making money! ::begins to cry:: S.G.H.R.A?! ::sobs:: Thank you sooooooooooo much! ::proudly places it beside the flamerthrower she confiscated from Heero after he burned down her basement the first time.. scratched in logos such as 'Gundeynyum Roolz,' sticker for 'First PRIZE for Most Psychotic Japanese Anime Character 2000 (and 01 and 02.. long STORY. Go READ IT! Que SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES!):: ::tear:: Thank you! ::hugs:: GO JAMIE!], Neko-gurl [::at top of cliff:: ^_^ Cliffhanger gone! ::falls off the cliff:: Awww, darnit! ::cracks and itai's all the way down:: Darn cliff. I'll work on that, ne? ::wink:: PS: GO READ 'AS TIME GOES BY!' ::tear:: Hiead you jerk lover boy!], Isaacy [As usual! Neeway, I thought that too.. but I'm going to explain why it worked ::dun. Dun. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNH!:: Next chapter. ::cackles:: It takes one to know one! ::makes evil movie noises:: PS: YOU CALLED ME EVIL, SO NO MORE COMMENTS], Xaphrin [And you! ::does karate front stance.. then gives sly look:: I can take a Samurai.. or Battousai.. like Kenshin ::drools:: Oh baby! ::snaps out of it, nervous laughter:: Um... he he? PS: GET WRITING], mary-chan [::more blushing:: Thank you. You wouldn't happen to be a-er-well-Hiead and Kizna fan, wouldja? You just seem like you would HATE that. ::laughs:: Just kidding. Though I would agree with the Zero thing ::coughs:: Oh well, right? As for your proposition... ::laughs nervously:: Depends on how many axes get thrown at my head, ne? ::grins::], As for TheKawaiiArtist and KawaiiDragon2 [I wasn't sure whether or not this was the same person or two very similar, oddly synchronized people, so I'm just doing yours together.. ::clears throat:: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Owari ::grin:: You'll see, ne. ::scratches chin:: Might end up as a separate fic? ::shrug::], Ichan [::panics:: Please don't cry, please don't cry, PLEAAAASE?! I am the absolute worst cry-person-er-taker carer of-er-person crying.. er. ::offers chocolate:: Better? PLEASE?!], sole [.. ^_^], JiYoung [Here's going to soon! ::pops bottle of fresh chocolate milk::], and IkhnyGnr [YOU GET WRITING TOO! ^_^ NOW!]
::pants:: I know a lot of that was jarbled, but I hope all of my thanks to those who did review and still those who did not came through! Thank you! ::points:: Now on with the anarchy!
PS: I just wanted to get this chapter OUT. So if it comes out weird.. well.. that's to be expected, but if it's short [too short] I'm sorry! Tell me and I'll add to it, then re-upload it and add another chapter, okay? Enjoy! GOOOOOOOOOo OOC and craziness!
----------------------------Towryk Eyes Pt. 6------------------------------
Zero woke to the all too farmilar sensation of spinning. in zero gravity.
/~Oh Goddess Oh Goddess Oh Goddess Oh Goddess--!~/
Zero blinked and looked around. /Hey! Who SAID THAT?!?/
/~Good morning STUPID. This is your stomach SPEAKING. And this is what I have to say: OH. MY. GOOD. GODDESS./
/What the heck is your problem?!/
The boy shuddered as his stomach seemed to laugh at him. /~Well, it's about to become YOUR problem if you don't get your carcass in gear. There are a few things in here that I don't think you want coming out.~/
/Uh oh./
/~Uh oh is right, bone bag./
Zero squinted his eyes and tried to shut out everything. /Come on. come on! Remember what happened!! Remember--/
*Zero, quit being an idiot!*
He opened his eyes. "WHAT? Kizna?"
*We're going to get you over this zero gravity sickness, okay? You've got to become a Goddess Pilot! Just remember--*
At the memory of her voice, Zero's muscles slackened. He slowly let his body go, simply floating in space instead of scrambling to take control. /Come on, body! Let go! Just like Kizna told you./ He immediately felt a very warm sensation. It spread from his fingertips throughout the rest of his body, making him feel. making him feel like he was being held in someone's arms, like he was protected instead of enclosed in cold darkness, like he also was when he lost control. the warmth made him want to cry out. A smile graced his lips. /So this is what it feels like to not be afraid. This is what Kizna was talking about. Kizna./ A few seconds, and he opened his eyes. The world wasn't spinning anymore.
"-ber 88 and 89, can you--"
"Hunh? Wait a second, is that - HEY! HEY, IT'S ME! I'm okay! Where are you guys?!"
"You fell over the edge, Zero! Just lock your sensors on the control panel and you ought to be automatically oriented up!" With a decisive nod, Zero let go of a little of the warmth and flexed his fingers. He was automatically drawn upward, toward a light that appeared just beyond his vision. After an interminable amount of time, he felt his Pro Ing pass the edge and land back on the battlefield. He heard a beep sound behind him and turned to see Hiead land just a few seconds later.
The appearance of the two top fighters appeared to push away the last remaining traces of the white cloud, and the other fighters were revealed, slowly gaining their own bearings and rising.
"Whoa, what a rush!" Yamagi groaned and reached behind his back to rub his shoulder. He winced as he felt a cut there. "So much for coming out unscathed. Hey, is everybody okay?"
Various grunts signified that a few were. A loud scream signified that one certainly was not.
Hiead immediately identified the scream as Ikhny's and growled automatically. "Allecto, stop screaming!"
"Don't be a jerk, Hiead," responded Zero.
Hiead jerked. "You can't tell me how to--."
"IS she your Repairer right now? NO. So SHUT UP!" A note of concern entered his voice. "Ikhny? Are you all right?" Silence, and his concern grew. "Hey, can anybody hear me? Hold on!" Zero spun his Pro Ing around and dashed for the docking bay. The others quickly followed him. He all but tripped all the way to the control room and screeched to a halt. Blink.
"Um, Instructor?"
"Ughh.. hangover.. feeling.. "
Azuma Hijikata was not very happy with how he was feeling. Besides the fact that he had this horrible hangover sensation, he felt as if his chest weighed a hundred pounds. Every time he tried to sit up, he just ended flopping back down. He groaned heavily, rubbing his forehead. After several seconds of coaxing, he cracked open one eye.
Rill was not very happy with how she was feeling. Besides the fact that she had this horrible hangover sensation, she felt as if - I don't really know how to explain it. Every time she tried to sit up, she just ended up flopping back down. After the third flop, she realized that it was not floor that she was flopping onto. After several seconds of reasoning, she cracked open one eye.
Azuma and Rill stared blankly at each other for probably a full ten seconds before realization of their position dawned on them. They were laying spread out on the floor, and-
She choked. /No, don't tell me we--/ She spotted the control panel and the rest of the Repairers. She heaved an enormous sigh of relief. /Thank the Goddesses! I don't know how I would have explained that one./
An odd look spread across Azuma's face. "As much as I know you want my body, Rill." He leaned forward until he was face to face with her, and his voice rose: ".would you please, GET THE HECK OFF OF ME!!"
"WELL EXCUSE ME, MR. PERFECT!" yelled Rill point blank, and all but threw herself off of him. Unfortunately, an extraordinary lightness had attached itself to her and she immediately lost her balance, falling backward on the steps. Azuma rose and dusted himself off, still feeling heavy. He re- adjusted his glasses on his nose and was belatedly struck with the remembrance of what had happened. He spun around to the control panel, almost losing his balance a second time, and stared at the battlefield. He couldn't see anything yet, for the whiteness was just fading. He glared at the Repairers. "WELL?? WHAT HAPPENED?"
Ikhny slowly turned, and screamed.
This seemed to knock everyone out of their dazes and everyone turned to look at Ikhny, then what Ikhny was staring at. They just. stared.
Azuma was annoyed. "What the heck are you screaming about??" He spun around to look at what she was talking about, but only saw an equally annoyed Rill. He gaze was readjusted as Zero and the rest of the Candidates burst through the door and. stared. "WHAT? WHAT?? Are you all fish or something?"
"Azuma."
"WHAT?!"
"Azuma you-you-you look--" began Rill, but she just couldn't finish. She burst out laughing.
The sound was disturbing. That's all I've got to say.
All the other Candidates were just-oh Goddess. They couldn't believe it.
Azuma ran to the closest screen, trying to see the ghost of his image. He seemed fine until he looked down. craned his neck down to look at his own chest, and just about lost all his body fluids.
Azuma Hijitaka had a *chest.*
I don't mean a male's chest either, if that is any indication to you.
Maybe you know why, now, none of the other Candidates had a very good grasp on how to react.
Azuma, on the other hand. hey, have you guys ever seen anime where a character is so totally wigged out that their eyes are like this O_o and there's that blank, 'nobody's home, leave a message look' thing in their eyes? Yeah. He was doing that. Another scream drew him out of it though. It was Rill's. Before he knew it, said blond onna had grabbed a hold of his collar and was snarling in his face.
"AZUMA HIJIKATA, GIVE ME BACK MY RACK!!"
Que 'nobody's home' look. "What?"
She threw him back and ripped open her doctor's drape, revealing a very, very, very, very, veryveryveryveryveryveryVERY flat chest. Her face was about to pop off her head. "I said GIVE ME BACK MY RACK!!!"
This phrase, in fact, was soooo funny, that Yamagi then snapped out of his horror and began to laugh. Rill was the closest one to him, so she did the honors.
Flat on his face faster than he could say, "," he was quickly assaulted by the jarred woman. "Do you have ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET THAT RACK?!? HUNH?!?! WHY THE FRIGGIN HECK ELSE DO YOU THINK THEY REFER TO ME AS THE 'WHITE MADONNA' AS REVERINGLY AS THEY DO?!?! Of course YOU wouldn't know because you're just a KID and furthermore, you're JUST A FRIGGIN CANDIDATE!"
Yamagi, on the other hand, was close to tears. "Dr. Rill, I'm soOoOoOoORRRRYYYY!"
"Dr. Rill."
"What?!" snapped she, spinning around and coming nose to nose with an oddly calm-looking Tsukasa.
*Get off of him, Tramp.*
Everybody's eyes widened. Rill blinked. "What did you just say?"
Tsukasa blushed the tiniest bit. "I said Dr. Rill--"
"-No," cut in Rill, still disbelievingly. "You.. you called me.. a tramp."
"N-no, I didn't!"
Rill's fingers let loose of Yamagi and he heaved a sigh of relief. "Oh thank the Goddesses. I can breathe."
"I HEARD you call me a TRAMP," gritted Rill. "You CALLED me a TRAMP!"
*How could she hear what I said?*
"See!" she cried triumphantly. "You admit it!"
Yamagi's eyebrow went up. "Your voice sounds really funny, Tsukasa.." He squinted and inched closer. "Is something wrong?"
She blushed again. "N-no!" *He's actually asking how I'm feeling! Oh no! Don't blush, don't blush!*
The purple haired candidate froze, slow realization spreading across his face. "Does it seem to anybody else.. uh.. that her voice.. is in your head?"
*They can hear my thoughts?!*
"WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA."
And that was the initial extent of Yamagi Kushida's commentary, accentuated by a certain unreadable look.
He he.
"Why can you guys only hear MY thoughts?" asked Tsukasa after a significant pause. Everyone looked around until they heard two loud moans. Zero's head whipped to the right. His partner-
"KIZNA! Are you all right?" He unconsciously avoided touching Azuma in passing (who had, by the way, lapsed into a sort of disbelieving stupor that blocked out all of the surroundings goings on-in other words, he was so shocked by his new rack that he just wasn't paying attention to anyone else) and skidded to a stop before the fallen Repairer. His brain froze. /Kizna....../ He lowered himself on one knee and began to shake. /I hope that nothing../ "Kizna. Kizna! Wake up!"
He was about to throttle her when she moaned and opened her eyes. "Hunh?" She blinked several times and Zero's worried face came into focus. "Zero?"
Zero helped drag her to a sitting position and watched her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think--" She squinted for a moment in concentration. "-the EX reaction.. what happened?! Is everyone all right?"
"Well," ventured Clay slowly, "Tsukasa, it seems, has an inner voice that everyone can hear.."
*Uh oh.*
"Uh oh is right," hissed Rill. The two stared at each other a moment before abruptly looking off in other directions.
Sweatdrop. "Yeah, and, um.." He threw a cautious glance at the doctor and decided against being direct. ".. well.." /Better to involve the not so conscious one than the mad one. One point brain boy./ ".. Azuma is now in possession of.." He trailed off and motioned to Azuma.
She involuntarily jerked when she saw exactly what he was in possession of, and felt an overwhelming sense of pity for him. "Poor GUY.." But the thought of the reason WHY there had been such an intense EX reaction struck her and her sympathetic look switched into a glare. "Serves him right!" Pause. "I think."
"So far, those seem to be the only ca... su.. al.. uh, Hiead, are you okay?"
Hiead didn't answer, but instead, stared off into a dark corner of the room. Zero rose to tap him on the shoulder when Kizna yelped and punched him in the leg. He spun around. "HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"YOU STEPPED ON MY TAIL YOU JERK!!" yelled Kizna. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE SO STUPID AS TO STEP ON MY-UH OH."
Everyone except Hiead slowly turned, fearing what they might see. Kizna stood up and turned around, tapping at the new addition to-erm-her backend.
A tail.
Half of them sighed in relief, for they had expected something more creepy like-well-take a look at Azuma. Need I say more? The other half, Zero, Clay, and Yamagi included, just.. stared.
Her tail was absolutely fascinating.
The waving appendage was very sleek, cat-like, with a beigish color, very similar to her skin. It was almost like a different person because it moved so _differently_ from the rest of Kizna's body. The three boys unconsciously leaned forward. The tail twitched, then smacked them all across the face in a very attitudinal manner.
Zero winced but recovered quickly in a very Zero-like manner. As if he didn't already have a difficult time noticing her as Hiead's-- _temporary_ 'partner,' now that absolutely. ABSOLUTELY fascinating tail had to get in the way. Just a flick of the tip and his attention would snap back to her.
This was going to make things very difficult.
He cocked his head a little and reached for it, but it was Kizna's hand this time that smacked him. He gave her a pitiful look. Very difficult indeed.
"Amazing," murmured Clay, careful not to touch the tail. Another million things ran through his head as he spoke. "An EX reaction causing this many things at once! Very.. interesting.." He spiraled into his own thoughts and Zero absently pushed him to the left in order to better see Kizna's tail. Reaching for it again clearly indicated that he was not deterred by the implications of the first smack.
Yamagi reached for Kizna's tail as well, but in a significantly less obsessive manner.
*Yamagi, I can't believe you!* thought Tsukasa furiously. The silently addressed boy waved his hand dismissively.
"Aww, cut it out, Tsukasa! I was just looking. It's not every day that you see a tail you--" He stopped in the middle and turned to look at her very calm expression, very in contrast with the attitude of the voice . "Didn't you just-aww, this is SO confusing! How the-!" He was caught off guard as Hiead's right hand flicked out and his steel grip grabbed him by the collar, dragging him two feet to look in the other direction. "WHAT THE--"
"Shut up." Said boy shut up. Hiead's face was a little bit paler than normal, but it seemed to return to natural color as he spoke. "Tell me you see Ikhny right over THERE."
Yamagi groaned and looked in the direction Hiead indicated. He squinted a little bit. "Yeah. So what?" Silence. He inched closer. "What??"
The steel grip spun him around and faced him in the opposite direction. Yamagi nodded. "Aa. Ikhny's there too. Really Hiead, I don't see what you-- "
Blink. Blink.
"HOLY--!!!"
"Glad to see you own somewhat of an I.Q., Sherlock," snapped Hiead. He spun him around and nearly lifted the shorter boy off the floor. "How the HECK did Allecto end up as two people?!"
"I DON'T KNOW! I DON'T KNOW! I'M NOT A GENE-WHATSAMACALLIT!!" Hiead released Yamagi in disgust and spun on his heel toward the Ikhny that was standing frightened to one side [hai, the one that screamed if you're paying attention, no da]. She let out a frightened yelp before he even got there, and she was shaking uncontrollably by the time he reached her. He reached out to grab her shoulder, but when she began to sob hysterically he took a step back.
/Allecto is a weakling, but not a-not a-not THIS! I haven't even yelled at her yet!/ His confusion only made him angrier, which in turn made the Ikhny at his feet sob more hysterically. He felt the urge to strangle her pathetic cries, but stopped when he remembered the other body in the corner. He stalked away from one and immediately grabbed the shoulder of the other, roughly shaking her. "Wake up, you idiot!"
Needless to say, he was shocked when the arm he was shaking sprung to life and the hand grabbed his wrist. The eyes of the Ikhny before him shot open and dark, angry eyes met the glare of the magenta ones. Her mouth twisted up into a distorted smirk. "Shove it, freak boy." And for the second time three days, Hiead received a very solid punch to the face.
O_o_O_o Tell me what you think minna!
Next Chapter: ::wince:: Evil, evil... ::cough:: Erm, the rest of the EX causing oddities are revealed. Let's just hope another Azuma incident does not occur. Maybe it SHOULD since that STUPID INSTRUCTOR decided to CONTINUE with his STUPID PLAN! ::sigh:: All right. Neeway, our boy Clay tells us his interesting thoughts, and.. oh, dude, if you have any questions as for why something happened [ex/Issacy mentioned how he thought the Repairer/Candidate thing wouldn't click, and Clay is going to explain that] Until then, party fans.. goodnight!